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Teh Super King
06-11-2009, 09:53 AM
To promote the release of Red Faction Guerrilla THQ put 100 copies of the game into a car on the streets of London with a sledgehammer attached to it. Source Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5287048/red-faction-guerrillas-smashing-london-promotion)

Because Red Faction Guerrilla features the world's most realistic destruction engine, we thought that it would make for an interesting experiment to find out how many people, going about their everyday business, would stop in a busy city street to work out some stress by smashing their way into a car to earn a copy of the brand new game.

Just walk up and smash a car to get a free game? Count me in.
Hawkbat
06-11-2009, 10:24 AM
wonder which part of London this was in...considering there's a tube strike at the moment, people were probably more excited about the chance to hit something with a sledgehammer than they were about the game...
sgtslappy
06-11-2009, 10:32 AM
Wow.

That's awesome.
Ulysses
06-11-2009, 10:42 AM
Why would they just take one ?
brandonjclark
06-11-2009, 10:52 AM
wonder which part of London this was in...considering there's a tube strike at the moment, people were probably more excited about the chance to hit something with a sledgehammer than they were about the game...


"Tube" strike? Do you mean TV workers are on strike?

I'm asking....
lockwoodx
06-11-2009, 11:01 AM
These guys are the king of gimmicks, even in marketing.
Earth Djinn
06-11-2009, 11:11 AM
"Tube" strike? Do you mean TV workers are on strike?

I'm asking....

That's what they call the subway over there.
captainspankypants
06-11-2009, 11:17 AM
Seriously, why wouldn't the first guy smash a window, and everyone else just grab one (or several) through the window as they walked by?
techromage
06-11-2009, 11:17 AM
"Tube" strike? Do you mean TV workers are on strike?

I'm asking....


I wish someone would come over and strike MY tube..
DH11
06-11-2009, 11:22 AM
That is just too cool. Why do the Europeans have all the fun?! :(
DH11
06-11-2009, 11:23 AM
Maybe the copies are in the trunk.

Seriously, why wouldn't the first guy smash a window, and everyone else just grab one (or several) through the window as they walked by?
Rommel
06-11-2009, 01:45 PM
Lawsuit bait here in the states.
abso
06-11-2009, 02:49 PM
I'm waiting to hear about someone getting arrested for vandalism or litter. That glass will end up in the street after all!
lost
06-11-2009, 03:15 PM
Not worth the effort



joke.
Slacker
06-11-2009, 03:22 PM
To be honest if someone gave me a sledgehammer and a car I'd be willing to give it a few hits game or no game. That just sounds like fun.