The Godfather
Platform: PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox, Xbox360
Publisher: EA
Review Type: Looky
Version: Screen Shot
Sharp eyes at The Gaming Age Forum (namely poster MassiveAttack) spotted this hilarious new screen shot from EA's forthcoming The Godfather game. Looks like more of the same, right? Check out the tire on the car in the right background.
This gaffe underlines one of the main reasons I started Looky Touchy in the first place. As an entertainment medium that trades in visual spendor, there's no shortage of ugly, ill-concieved and downright lazy visuals plaguing video games. It constantly surprises me how poorly composed most promotional screen shots are. There's a whole slew of people who make a living culling good shots from the bad for wire services, image archives and photography studios. The video game industry would do well to hire more of them.
Until the day when companies like EA cease to inadvertantly expose their shoddy products by their own hands (the kids refer to this act as "self-ownage") we're in for some fun. It's my intention to sniff these stinkers out.
Let's savor these chuckles while we can, though, because all signs point to EA selling this game by the truckloads.
Publisher: EA
Review Type: Looky
Version: Screen Shot
Sharp eyes at The Gaming Age Forum (namely poster MassiveAttack) spotted this hilarious new screen shot from EA's forthcoming The Godfather game. Looks like more of the same, right? Check out the tire on the car in the right background.
This gaffe underlines one of the main reasons I started Looky Touchy in the first place. As an entertainment medium that trades in visual spendor, there's no shortage of ugly, ill-concieved and downright lazy visuals plaguing video games. It constantly surprises me how poorly composed most promotional screen shots are. There's a whole slew of people who make a living culling good shots from the bad for wire services, image archives and photography studios. The video game industry would do well to hire more of them.
Until the day when companies like EA cease to inadvertantly expose their shoddy products by their own hands (the kids refer to this act as "self-ownage") we're in for some fun. It's my intention to sniff these stinkers out.
Let's savor these chuckles while we can, though, because all signs point to EA selling this game by the truckloads.
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