What the hell, Peter Javidpour? Using Molyjam 2012 to show a kinder, gentler side to beef stick hero Rambo? What… what sort of genius is this? The hugging sort, that’s what.
L.B. Jeffries has a nice piece up arguing for more relevant and provocative settings in games in order to raise awareness and perhaps do something a little greater for disastrous (real world) situations. He points out that violence isn’t incompatible with this, thus many classic genres would probably be quite at home dealing with nasty current day situations (as he points out, film has already done this — though not always through violent means — though Jeffries uses Rambo 4 as a cinematic touchstone). Of course, this comes with some problems:
Wowzers! Check out that 62 inch screen on that SEGA Rambo cabinet in the gallery below. The Japanese game developer has released a few new screenshots of the arcade title, complete with in-game scenes from Rambo flicks. The game features an “Anger System” that pissed off John Rambo shooting power-up mayhem. Yes, wee think everyone can all agree: This game looks like a helluva good time. Rambo Gallery セガ、AC「RAMBO」9月18日稼働開始 [Game Watch]
Forget the Sega Rambo arcade game for a moment, look at that mullet! Look!! That business-in-the-front party-in-the-back belongs to none over than Hiroshi Fujiioka, the Sega Saturn’s human mascot Segata Sanshiro. In the late 1990s, that character went around telling people to play the Sega Saturn — and had a truly amazing theme song. A Rambo arcade game makes this press conference cool. That mullet makes it even cooler. But that mullet belonging to Segata Sanshiro? Jeez, that pretty much seals this as the press event of 2008, hands down. Oh, that lady with him is Maomi Yuuki.
Rambo Game [Game Watch Impress]
How do you know when you’ve made it? When the marketing staffers tasked with pitching Rambo to moviegoing audiences namechecks your game. In this case, it’s Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare being honoured in a roundabout way by Rambo, which the Arizona Daily Star apparently called “a nasty, Call of Duty 4-style shoot em’ up!”
Surely, that’s gotta be a first and clear indication that Hollywood execs are looking to get gamers off their couches and into movie theaters. You can read how pleased the Infinity Ward guys are at the team’s official blog.
Rambo = “Call of Duty 4 style Shoot em’ Up!” [IAMfourzerotwo - thanks, Robert!]
One of the latest themes to hit the Xbox Live Marketplace is also your worst nightmare. Four giant pictures of Sylvester Stallone trying to reclaim his youth in the new Rambo film are now yours to download and proudly display on your Xbox 360 dashboard. The Live blade features dramatic explosion Rambo, with the Games blade featuring the same image sans explosion. The Media blade gives us a pretty good idea of how badly Rambo has aged and how hard it is to get a good haircut in Cambodia, and finally we have the System blade, which showcases some sort of 8th grader Rambo fan art circa 1985. While I would gladly pay $US 100 dollars for the privilege of having this on my 360, some idiot released it for free. Lost opportunities, huh?
