I knew I should have gone with the racist ads.

Well, let's at least do this one today. Before we do that, let's check in with our scores:

Liver & Onions, pinata242: 0
fumanstan, JasonF, mattysemo247, nickdawgy, orangecrush18, redbill: 4
Fandango, jdpatri, Jeremy517, Michael Corwin: 8
BlueCC, DVDChris, FatTony, Imprint, Jeremy517, maxfisher, rabbit77, Rockmjd23, sandman642, Tarantino: 18
Chris_D, cruzness, spainlinx0: 19

Remember, this was a lightning round so the scores get doubled!

Question 2: Name a Sony ad, promotion or campaign that has generated significant controversy this decade.

Here were the unique answers:


jdpatri: Golfers vs. Porn Stars


pinata242: "The HD era really only starts when we are on the market"
Wrong!


Fandango: All I Want for Christmas is a PSP


sandman642: The 2006 E3 Presentation


BlueCC: LittleBigPlanet recall due to a Toumani Diabate song included in the game
Wrong!


The Bus: PSP Graffiti


Jeremy517: (paraphrased) "The PS2 will be able to do Toy Story graphics in real-time"
Wrong!

Michael Corvin, rabbit77: PS3 Baby Commercial
2 pts.


FatTony, Imprint: Everything about the PS3 campaign (pricing, etc.)
Wrong!


orangecrush18, Liver&Onions, Tarantino: Goat sacrifice at a God of War party

Which means that...

nickdawgy, JasonF, Rockmjd23, maxfisher, Chris_D, mattysemo247, DVDChris, cruzness all have...



Worth 8 points.

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Wrong answers (9 points)

spainlinx0: Crash Bandicoot vs. Mario. I couldn't find a thing, well except this.

redbill: Mentioned GTA. GTA has nothing to do with Sony.

fumanstan: "No clue"

Also: See "Wrong!" answers above after update: Wrong!

Scores after Round 2:


BlueCC : 18
Chris_D : 27
cruzness : 27
DVDChris : 26
Fandango : 8
FatTony : 20
fumanstan : 13
Imprint : 20
JasonF : 12
jdpatri : 8
Jeremy517 : 8
Liver&Onions : 3
mattysemo247 : 12
maxfisher : 26
Michael Corvin : 10
nickdawgy : 12
orangecrush18 : 7
pinata242 : 0
rabbit77 : 20
redbill : 13
Rockmjd23 : 26
sandman642 : 18
spainlinx0 : 28
Tarantino : 21
The Bus : 0

Coming up tomorrow:


And this is the only game that wasn't picked:



After next round, nobody will have 0 points.

Tune in tomorrow!

Can someone briefly explain what controversy each of those generated? I've never heard of most of them (though I will admit I don't really follow Sony's marketing).

I don't recall some of those generating a lot of controversy. Citing "everything" doesn't seem like it should count, and I don't remember any controversy around that baby commercial other then it just being weird.

Although I couldn't think of anything at the moment so whatever

The E3 2006 presentation was a disaster for Sony because nobody but nobody wanted to pay $599 for a PS3. And the presentation didn't show anything interesting, plus all the games looked like crap. Compare that to the Wii's, or the 360s which had Mass Effect, Bioshock, etc. around the corner.

All I Want for Christmas is a PSP was a terrible fake viral video along with a "alliwantforchristmasisapsp.com" blog about someone who wanted a PSP. Gave us headlines like: Sony marketers are horrible liars, pretend to run fansite.

The baby and golfers commercials should be pretty self-explanatory. The baby one wasn't shocking, but it was a stupid and slightly weird way to start your big advertising campaign.

God of War Goat: "Oh, Sony, when will you learn? The UK's Daily Mail is reporting that Sony has created an uproar with a photo from their official magazine, showing a burly man wearing fur, a topless girl wearing body paint and no pasties, and a mostly decapitated goat. It's the goat that's got everyone's ... goat. During a release party for God of War II in Athens, attendees were invited to reach into the head-hanging-on-by-a-thread goat and eat still-warm intestines (as it turns out, the offal was procured elsewhere and stuffed inside of the goat). Yum!"

LittleBigPlanet was recalled worldwide due to some lyrics in one of the songs in the game that had a line from the Quran. LBP was easily one of the most awaited game for the PS3, and the delay certainly hurt sales. And this was all over a song that they knew would be in a game by an artist who is Muslim.

"Coming on the heels of widely publicized news that Sony music CDs infected customers' computers with security-hole-inducing spyware, the campaign for the PlayStation Portable is being derided on the internet as an attempt to buy the credibility of street art." Sony decided to actually deface communities to get the word out about the PSP.

When a new color of PSP was introduced, the ads seemed to be racially charged.

Basically, from about mid-2005 to sometime in 2007, Sony couldn't do anything right.

I always erred on the side of caution, even if the answer was a bit broad or inexact.

Oh, there's also this one:

I think you missed me on the first question. I had MGS PS3 also.

The second one, I guess I get zero? I wasn't listed as a wrong answer.

I missed you somewhere. I need to update the Round 1 scores again.

Also, check my post about the sheep.exe you sent me. It wasn't working. Do I need to DL any runtimes?

Question 3: Name a Metal Gear game released on a Playstation system.

Here is the unique answer.


nickdawgy: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus

The rest... tomorrow!

That's not a Metal Gear game. It's a repackage of a bunch of Metal Gear names. That would be like asking me to name a Star Wars movie and I answer "The Original Trilogy."

So Chris_D gets a point for every duplicate answer for:

• Metal Gear [PS2]
• Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake [PS2]
• Metal Gear Solid [PS]
• Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Libery [PS2]
• Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater [PS2]
• Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops

Well played... well played.

Bus, YGPM.

Yeah, seriously...that should not be a unique answer.

= J

Ah, it was the PS2 I bought in Australia. To be honest the hardware was the standard black issue, but the box was emblazoned in the FFX logo and main character. So I guess I misread the question and was also thinking of official game pack-ins as being a separate console release.

Harsh dude harsh! I'm already coming last

Well, I totally misread #2. I was thinking the IGN comment meant controversy picked up by media outside the gaming industry. Also, I'm pretty surprised things like the E3 debacle or toy story comment count in that one. I don't see how a press conference/presentation constitutes an ad, campaign or promotion.

A press conference is all about promoting your own products.

Sweet! I only answered with the E3 presentation because it was mentioned in a later question.

So's a press release, but it's not a promotion. A promotion is something like sticking a free Blu-Ray or game in the box. The Little Big Planet one is a bad answer too. There was nothing controversial about anything they did to advertise or promote that game. Some people seemed to take the question as 'name something stupid Sony's done' and the answers are mostly being accepted. It doesn't really matter to me as I've got no chance with this round, but it doesn't seem fair to those that provided correct answers and might have a chance of winning.