http://alienisolation.com/news/2014/07/18/the-team-heads-to-san-diego-for-comic-con (http://alienisolation.com/news/2014/07/18/the-team-heads-to-san-diego-for-comic-con)
http://www.thenerdmachine.com/nerd-hq/ (http://www.thenerdmachine.com/nerd-hq/)
QuoteGuests seeking opportunities to have the nerd scared out of them will be able to play Alien: Isolation, a first-person survival horror game capturing the fear and tension evoked by Ridley Scott's 1979 classic film, Alien™. - See more at: http://www.thenerdmachine.com/nerd-hq/#sthash.wzp3iVzI.dpuf (http://www.thenerdmachine.com/nerd-hq/#sthash.wzp3iVzI.dpuf)
The game will be playable in San Diego from July 24 to July 27 at Nerd HQ.
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/segas-comic-con-activation-involves-7-foot-alien-egg-158999 (http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/segas-comic-con-activation-involves-7-foot-alien-egg-158999)
lol we need an AVP representative to go down there and play
So that egg thing will be hidden somewhere in the building and people have to play this mobile game to find it? Wish we'd have better pictures. It looks more like a small ornament than a 7 foot egg.
Holy mother f**ker.
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adweek.com%2Ffiles%2Fimagecache%2Fnode-blog%2Fegg-door-open-hed-2014.jpg&hash=d9e10a5c279f4ec2766074922d9a2d5bfc84d475)
I thought Isolation was scary on a f**king leather chair. Try doing it sat inside Giger's womb. That looks badass. And can you really hide something 7 foot? :P
Wish I lived in San Diego. (https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10460498_10152589712581796_78626951396007019_n.jpg?oh=445638dd7c3366b74d4be02350a6ceba&oe=54525884&__gda__=1413228301_195fcc4c566614ce41adc137c0c7ce39)
Great...More hype...
Gawd...I wanna be in that pod so much!!!
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 23, 2014, 07:23:32 AM
Gawd...I wanna be in that pod so much!!!
...Why? This is more absurd than 80% of my posts..
...Because it looks fantastic. Nothing ridiculous about it. Yeah, it's a gimmick but it's supposed to be. Same as I really wish I coulda got in the Power-Loader for ACM.
Because it's a gimmick is why it's ridiculous.
I wouldn't mind going in that thing myself.
Quote from: Spoonman101 on Jul 23, 2014, 07:59:12 AM
Because it's a gimmick is why it's ridiculous.
That's a terrible reason. It has absolutely no bearing on anything other than attracting people to come and
experience the game for themselves in a cool and thematic place.
Pardon my misunderstanding but I'm assuming that Creative Assembly was behind this..?
Behind what??? What is the evil and lame thing that is going off here?? Trying to get people to come play their game in a kickass and thematic Alien egg?
Jezus.
Yezus***
It's not evil unless it kills you if you die in the game...
I just happen to believe it is silly and lame to invest money in this thematic alien egg as a marketing ploy...
Is that egg made out of chocolate? Didn't they say they made a big Alien egg out of chocolate or am I misremembering?
Great! Now it markets to kids too!
It may also be a valid theory as to why the Corporal wants to be in that pod so much.
The Bastard! He wants all the chocolate to himself!
Playing the game in a pitch black room with a vibrating chair was terrifying enough. This is just a big old nope, you couldn't pay me to get inside that egg and play the game. NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
Quote from: Spoonman101 on Jul 23, 2014, 03:44:57 PM
Yezus***
It's not evil unless it kills you if you die in the game...
I just happen to believe it is silly and lame to invest money in this thematic alien egg as a marketing ploy...
so you'r mr againsteverythingonthewebcommunity guy.got it
Call it lame all you want, I'd love to spend money for a go in that thing, I think it looks cool.
I too would like to spend money to sit my ass down on an extravagant looking Alien themed chamber while playing my mediocre looking Alien themed game...
Marketing>Alien: Isolation
Quote from: Dachande on Jul 23, 2014, 08:07:28 PM
Playing the game in a pitch black room with a vibrating chair was terrifying enough. This is just a big old nope, you couldn't pay me to get inside that egg and play the game. NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
Heh... I'm right there with ya Dachande. You couldn't pay me enough to get inside that thing and play the game. But... a part of me (the masochistic part) thinks it's a pretty badass idea.
To the people saying it's just a marketing ploy... duh of course it is. Doesn't mean it's not a badass idea. If anything, I think something like this is exactly what the game needs to keep it front and center in the media.
It's just me unfortunately...
Why does a game need to be front and center?...
Quote from: Spoonman101 on Jul 24, 2014, 06:21:56 PM
It's just me unfortunately...
Why does a game need to be front and center?...
Because it needs to sell.
Games be expensive to make.
Indeed. A little creative marketing goes a long way.
Interview with Al Hope at SDCC with the Giant Egg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUOPfCttDQw#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUOPfCttDQw#ws)
Some pictures:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtZLGYLCYAIcAOE.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtWeGU1CcAIKgIO.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtWeGNjCIAAOfqz.jpg:large)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtV1d7gCIAEhjv6.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtVZK-jCEAAkSZT.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtZ8MOvIgAAs9CM.jpg:large)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0AE2HX3bN0#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0AE2HX3bN0#ws)
Lame????......Really, it is a cool, FUN idea.
Marketing that works is not lame.....i would be shaking in my boots but it would be out of this world to play in that.
When the AVP movie was announced to be released in 2004 i made a couple of closed Foam core, Latex shell Alien eggs for the foyer of the cinema were i work with a sign reading "Opening soon!!!".
They were a hit with the crowds.
Don't knock fun marketing because you don't like it. ???