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Sales Lackluster For New Brokeback Mountain Video Game
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Posted on 01/10/2006 9:05:44 AM PST by presidio9
LOS ANGELES--Officials from Electronic Arts (EA) say they are baffled by the lackluster sales for their latest video game, Brokeback Mountain: The Cowboy Diaries. As of its release two weeks ago, the game has sold a paltry 3,000 copies, forcing EA to rethink its strategy for targeting the 18-35 male demographic. “I don’t get it. People love cowboys, right? This is the ultimate cowboy game,” said Dan Mattrick, EA Sports vice-president. “You can ride on the range, herd cattle, shoot people—heck you might even fall in love with another cowboy. This is a deep, multi-layered game with endless possibilities. I guess I’m out of touch with our target demographic. Now I’m starting to second guess our latest video game project, How Stella Got Her Groove Back 2K7.”
TOPICS: Humor; Society; TV/Movies; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: brokebackmountain; electronicarts; gaycowboyssofabulous; postetiquittenazis; thebrushback; vgping; videogames
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:05:45 AM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
To anyone about to reply: this article is satire.
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:07:05 AM PST
by
Terpfen
(Miami goes 9-7! Go Saban!)
To: presidio9; Safrguns
I'm betting this won't be added to the Freeper games list. It's part of the next generation of MMORPGs.
To: Terpfen
...which is why it was correctly posted in "chat" under "humor," and not in "news/current events."
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:08:44 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:09:04 AM PST
by
alwaysconservative
(If a liberal cries out in the forest, is he still wrong?)
To: TheBigB; martin_fierro; Slings and Arrows; dead; Darksheare; Clemenza; Owl_Eagle; ...
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:11:07 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
To: Terpfen
Thanks ... I was about to leave a sharp reply.
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:12:21 AM PST
by
nmh
(Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))
To: presidio9
HAHAHA!
I can't wait for the rest of the movie marketing scheme to kick in:
BrokeBack Mountain lunch boxes for the kids!
BrokeBack Mountain (forgive me!) poseable play figures with "kung-fu grip"!
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:15:09 AM PST
by
Mr. Jazzy
(Bumper sticker "Martyrs or Marines: Who do YOU think will get the virgins?")
To: nmh; Terpfan
I was about to leave a sharp reply. Boy am I luck to have Terpan around. Thanks Terpfan.
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:16:42 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
To: presidio9
Can somebody tell me what my kids will be shooting at their fellow cowboys in this game?
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:18:45 AM PST
by
Yaelle
To: Terpfen
This is pretty funny. However, for a good cowboy game, get the game "Gun".
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:21:08 AM PST
by
KC_Conspirator
(This space outsourced to India)
To: presidio9
First person shooter game?
12
posted on
01/10/2006 9:22:20 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
("We're a meat-based society.")
To: Mr. Jazzy
Japanese playstation import "Cowboy Bebop."
There is obviously a beeber joke here somewhere...
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:25:59 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
To: presidio9
Not everyone on FR posts in the correct section, nor does everyone on FR reconfirm which section the article is posted in before replying. Thus, a warning was necessary.
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:28:39 AM PST
by
Terpfen
(Miami goes 9-7! Go Saban!)
To: presidio9
Nah, but there is a "Spike dies!" joke in there.
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:29:04 AM PST
by
Terpfen
(Miami goes 9-7! Go Saban!)
To: Mr. Jazzy
How about Brokeback Mountain drink cups from Burger King? Guess where you'd push the straw in..
To: Terpfen
It would be impossible to "accidently" stumble accross a chat article in the main forum. Trust me on that one. This is my ninth screen name for a reason.
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:32:21 AM PST
by
presidio9
(Ask your moderator about my most recent suspensions)
To: Pessimist
The Brokeback Mountain Burger ad :
Feel my buns.
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:45:51 AM PST
by
ZGuy
To: presidio9
Not really.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/browse
All sections' articles are listed indiscriminately. You also give too much credit to people who may not be particularly concerned with what section an article is posted in (as misposts and section changes are frequent.)
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:46:12 AM PST
by
Terpfen
(Miami goes 9-7! Go Saban!)
To: presidio9
I got the BFG!! Wait... that's no BFG I've ever seen before...
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posted on
01/10/2006 9:46:54 AM PST
by
kenth
(Schrödinger's dog is both happy and sad.)
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