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Playboy And THQ Join For Virtual Nudity
Posted by Mark Wilson at 4:40 AM on January 29, 2008
THQ is teaming up with Playboy for a series of new mobile games, and their first en devour will be Playboy Games: Pool Party. While many would think that a system like the Nintendo DS could better capture both of a Playmates' best features, hardcore cellphone gamers across the world will get to play non-nude "pool party sports"—hosted by Love Connection alum Chuck Woolery—including water balloon fights, waterslide slaloms and aquatic mechanical bull riding.
Yes, you read that correctly—aquatic mechanical bull riding. Doesn't anyone just swim naked anymore? What a grey, humdrum life is lived beyond the blessed walls of Hugh Hefner mobile entertainment. If you're looking for more details, here's the full, anatomically accurate version:
January 28, 2008 - THQ Wireless Inc., a subsidiary of THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI), today announced that it has signed a worldwide agreement with Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: PLA, PLAA) to exclusively develop Playboy-branded mobile games. The multi-year Playboy agreement covers the development and publishing rights to multiple Playboy-branded, lifestyle themed, non-nude mobile games featuring bikini-clad Playmates to be released worldwide. The first title, Playboy Games: Pool Party, is scheduled to launch in summer 2008."Given the extensive appeal and popularity of the Playboy brand, mobile games based on this license are sure to provide a fun and entertaining experience," said Adam Comiskey, vice president, international, THQ Wireless. "THQ Wireless is ideally positioned to provide engaging games with the hallmark of the Playboy lifestyle."
"The number of Playboy fans around the world has never been greater and that popularity is reflected in the growing sales of Playboy-branded products and services," said Ed Lang, senior vice president of mobile, Playboy Media Group. "Given the growth of the mobile industry, we're excited to join THQ Wireless in offering this next-generation form of entertainment to consumers."
Playboy Games: Pool Party will include a set of mini-games depicting animated, bikini-clad Playmates at the famous Playboy Mansion engaged in "pool party sports" including poolside water balloon fights, waterslide slaloms and aquatic mechanical bull riding. Developed by THQ Wireless internal studio Universomo, Playboy Games: Pool Party is based on actual events held at the Playboy Mansion and immortalised in the Playboy Home Entertainment DVD release, Playmate Playoffs, hosted by Chuck Woolery.
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Loveable-villain
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
@Purple Dave: I'll assume you're referring to lesbians pleasuring themselves to crudely animated playboy girls on aquatic bulls, and not men pleasuring themselves to crudely animated playboy girls on aquatic bulls.
Most women will be able to sit up and bend over a little, making the screen no more than a foot or so from their face - so no visibility problems there. And they could always attach a magnifying glass to their head.
Loveable-villain
Nekura20x6
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
Dude....then I'm going to get a drum set that goes underwater!
Nekura20x6
Purple Dave
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
@Loveable-villain:
? I don't think that would work very well at all. Cel phone screens are tiny to begin with, but holding it at arm's length will pretty much limit your ability to make out anything that's not an extreme closeup.
Purple Dave
BD
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
en devour LOL
BD
Winterbringer
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
I don't want to put my phone in my ass ;_;
Winterbringer
Loveable-villain
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
@geekgrrl: Since it's a lot easier for a girl to actually see the phone's screen while it's rumbling. I suppose I could try putting the phone up my arse with one hand, while holding a mirror between my legs, but that kind of shatters the romance. :-D
Loveable-villain
gray665
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
Give us your money for the priviledge of watching bikini-clad animated women play stupid games on your cell phone. Who do they think we are, the Japanese? (I kid, I kid)
gray665
7ucky
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
@sean09: I think you mean wait till Fox doesn't play it, but still speaks out against it's heinous crimes.
7ucky
sean09
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
Wait till Fox gets their hands on this.
sean09
icepick314
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
ugh....one thing worse than mosaic porn is pixelated cartoon porn...
icepick314
SigmundTheSeaMonster
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
@Loveable-Villain... ZZING!
SigmundTheSeaMonster
geekgrrl
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
@Loveable-villain: since when do you have to be a lesbo to enjoy rumble?
geekgrrl
Zhen-Chan
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
RELEASE THE HOUNDS! (I'm looking at you, fox)
Zhen-Chan
DarkFalzX
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
Brrr... wait, did I miss something? The announcement says that it is Ubisoft who is behind this (which is kind of an obvious suspect when it comes to games of such questionable taste.. I'm surprised it's not Gameloft though), but the actual text of the press release says it's THQ? Whaaaa?
DarkFalzX
Loveable-villain
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
I think they confused mobile gaming with nubile gaming. But lesbians everywhere will be pleased - most phones come with rumble support these days.
It helps that you only need one hand to hold a phone too. Ahem. Still ,who buys this stuff? Really.
Loveable-villain
MrCompletely
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
Ubisoft or THQ? Looks like the article needs a fixin
MrCompletely
elend
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
I am hoping for great 2D pixelart.
elend
blackadvent
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
Cell phone? Sorry, but that's what popped up in my mind.
blackadvent
7ucky
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
"en devour" - sounds like some kind of Frenchie term...
7ucky
crazyeyez15
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
no comment...
crazyeyez15
RPGr
Posted 5:52 AM 29/1/08
Aww, no "hot tears of shame"?
RPGr
inajeep
Posted 6:53 AM 29/1/08
Sad sad. I guess being older and married makes it impossible to understand the attraction of a nude cartoon on my phone or PDA.
inajeep
kw4k
Posted 6:53 AM 29/1/08
mobile games? bah!
let's move onto the consoles, pleez!
o wait, they dont allow AO games on there, boooo
kw4k
PositivelyGreg
Posted 1:56 PM 28/1/08
Ouch! My faith in humanity! It hurts!
PositivelyGreg
LittlestLamshi
Posted 1:36 PM 28/1/08
Anyone notice that the whole video gaming "chick" scene is completely and utterly pathetic?
LittlestLamshi
ssh83
Posted 1:31 PM 28/1/08
LoL. "many would think" DS is better format? Many ignorant Nintendo fanboys maybe. Not only will nintendo hate you for trying to put playboy on their system, the vast majority of DS owners bickers at the thought of porn on their little toy called DS. Mobile market has much larger male porn audience than DS ever will.
ssh83
not_tom_brokaw
Posted 3:11 PM 28/1/08
@LittlestLamshi: I take it you mean "games featuring women" and not "games for women," and I shall proceed to explain why it's completely and utterly pathetic:
Because ultimately it's something men came up with.
No, it's not some big conspiracy of course, but at least it's an explanation, right?
not_tom_brokaw
not_tom_brokaw
Posted 3:00 PM 28/1/08
Quick, someone get Mary MacCallough and Cooper Lawrence on the phone!
not_tom_brokaw
Malmer
Posted 7:53 PM 29/1/08
Plenty of opportunity to leave sarcastic remark here.
Truth is that pathetic beings will most likely buy this though.
Malmer
sun_tzu
Posted 7:53 PM 29/1/08
Another example of, at best, amateur and, at worst, irresponsible journalism. . . . the headline above says "Virtual Nudity" -- implying that these games will contain nudity in them. And yet the official press release clearly reads . . .
"The multi-year Playboy agreement covers the development and publishing rights to multiple Playboy-branded, lifestyle themed, NON-NUDE mobile games featuring bikini-clad Playmates to be released worldwide."
Shame on whoever wrote and approved this . . . and don't be afraid to do the right thing and correct your error.
sun_tzu
unclean0ne
Posted 10:52 PM 29/1/08
It's a terrible game. Trust me.
unclean0ne
Mark Wilson
Posted 9:00 AM 30/1/08
@sun_tzu: Virtual nudity as in someone being virtually nude. It's a play on words I don't feel so bad about because the copy then goes on to explain: "gamers across the world will get to play non-nude "pool party sports"" - just so you know.
Mark Wilson