Fallout 3 launch party Oct 18th

Outbreak said:
Now if Justin Timberlake and Beyonce showed up as the musical act, I'd be singing a different song.
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Why? Because the Foo Fighters are 'normal people' and JT and Beyonce aren't?
Ridiculous. The Foo Fighters are just as high-profile.

Ausir said:
With all the journos invited, it will do lots for the reviews.
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Meh, I don't think this'd sway the journalists any extra. Getting past A++ isn't really possible, is it? For as far as we can see, they didn't need much persuading in the first place.
 
i assumed that this wasn't serious. do i have this poor an understanding of the world?

i can't believe a game with such cheesy, stereotypical and plainly poor voice acting (and its syncronization with the 3d models) needs to be compared with movies.
 
Sander said:
Why? Because the Foo Fighters are 'normal people' and JT and Beyonce aren't?
Ridiculous. The Foo Fighters are just as high-profile.
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I'm not saying they aren't high profile, but they aren't on that list of media hogs like Timberlake and Beyonce are. I never even hear about Foo Fighters unless they do an album or show up on an awards show. The others I can't get away from.

But...the point was more to say that the Foo Fighters make sense as a band to hire for this kind of party, expensive or not. It'd be just the same to me if Henry Rollins, 30 Seconds to Mars or Goldfrapp showed up. People like Usher, Beyonce, Timberlake, Jessica Simpson, etc. just scream, "look at me! Look at all the money I can blow!" Same as if Dominic Monaghan showed up with the guy from "Chuck" and the cast of "Reaper". That certainly makes more sense than Russell Crow, Tom Cruise or anyone from "The Hills" or "Gossip Girl".

So...point taken, but that's my point. Not to blow this out of proportion with my outlandish examples; it isn't THAT bad; but it's still silly in this case.
 
look, this is just:
- a way to get more media coverage
- a way to mingle and get free champagne
- a way to get a few devs back on track on thinking they have a social life

my company did a launch party too when we went to a new version of our SaaS... and this year we're throwing another event, but without any special reason this time. who cares, it's all good publicity.

and i like the Foo Fighters.

just sayin'.
 
I'm crying because...

a) Odette will be there and I won't. And that awful little man Toddler will be all over her
b) I remembered how much money will this suck up. Brace yourself for another economical collapse

::sniff::
 
Brother None said:
Leslie Moonves and Jerry Bruckheimer are both in the board of directors of ZeniMax: this is their game.
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I had no idea, but this does explain a lot. With all these corporate suits on the board it's no wonder the direction of their games has become so bland. It also explains why the PR budget is so much more than the actual game budget.

EDIT: I was also wondering why they are having this thing in LA instead of Maryland/DC but given who runs the company it does make some sense.
 
This is how Bethesda works:

Let's buy Fallout 3!

YEAH!

Let's turn it into Oblivion with guns!

OH YEAH!!

Hmmm, it would be cool to have your own mini-nuke launcher in the game. Let's make it in Fallout 3!

AWESOME!!

What if we could kill someone with a teddy bear?

THAT IS SO COOOOOL, LET'S MAKE IT!!

Gore, and blood, lots of it!!

DAMN RIGHT!!

Hey, why only movies can have a party for their premieres?? Lat's make a party for game's premiere!!

OHHH RIGHT!!!
 
I wonder what the ratio is of money spent on the actual game vs. money spent on their advertising campaign.

They have got to be throwing down some serious money for these types of events. Money that would have been better spent on a new animation department, etc...
 
Jubal Quintus said:
http://www.theinkspots.com/

These guys still perform, but then having them there wouldn't be high profile enough.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't The Ink Spots play at the Fallout 2 launch party many many moons ago?
 
Beelzebud said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't The Ink Spots play at the Fallout 2 launch party many many moons ago?
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Don't remember.

But I have to say; some of you guys whining about games having launch parties must've been living in a cave the past decade. Launch parties are very normal.

Like, indeed, the Fallout 2 launch party:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp81iaJ92-M[/youtube]
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't The Ink Spots play at the Fallout 2 launch party many many moons ago?
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Doesn't look like these guys have much to do with the original band, though. From Wikipedia:

At this point, McDonald fell ill and the group split.[4] McDonald did not tour further with any Ink Spots groups. De Costa joined Bernie Mackey's group (which had already existed for some time). McKinney joined Bob Williams Ink Spots (new at this time). Kitchlings would join Mackey's group (at a later date than De Costa). Note, however, that several other members that had left the group at earlier times, notably Charlie Fuqua and Deek Watson, had started their own Ink Spots groups by this time.[3]
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Looks like this band is a descendant of one of these many offshoots.
 
I'm fine with launch parties, by all means. It's just about who's showing, or being paid to show up there. Again, it's not everyone that's there either. It's just the more the game industry ties in the the major media industry, the more common tripe we are going to see produced. That's what is sad and annoying.

Ah, whatever...

:falloutonline: :vatted:

The producers, and the fact there were 3 of them there, was really what freaked me out and sent me on a tyraid, not so much the others. I didn't know about or expect that kind of major influence. That's the kind of attention that a successful long running series deserves, (from the same developers) not a first run takeover of a classic.
 
This isn't as half as bad.

I remember seeing creator of God of War games giving an interview while attending a party at Playboy mansion. :lol:
 
Stop spamming, Outbreak. You do this regularly, only post when you have something to add to a subject. Just saying 'lol' or 'I agree' or something to that meaning is not useful.

Ausir said:
Looks like this band is a descendant of one of these many offshoots.
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Well, considering the fact that most of those people are dead or nearly dead and these people own the rights, it's as good as you're going to get.
 
I hope that when the dust settles and the publicity hype is over, Fallout will still be seen and enjoyed by perhaps even more people as a classic RPG Pen & Paper experience rather than the glossy fluff it is appearing to be right now.
 
Could you imagine what Troika or the old BIS team could have done with just the advertising budget that BS is blowing on this thing?

Makes me cry.
 
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