EA Breaks Law with Brass Knuckles

[exfileme]

Saturday Kotaku reported that Electronic Arts emailed a distress call to the press, asking everyone to return the golden brass knuckles that came with press copies of Godfather II

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[Kami3k]

Lol, all I can say about that.

 

[mcnuggetofdeath]

Fail

 

[08nwsula]

you would think EA would be a little smarter than that. However, the godfather can be pretty persuasive.

 

[jeraldjunkmail]

As the quote from civilizatoin 4 goes "Corporation: Noun: An ingenious device for making individual profits without any individual responsibility." Someone is gonna get fired over this. Probably not the right guy either.

 

[chris13th]

bravo

 

[Guest]

Why the f@%# would you ship brass knuckles to the press? There's no good reason to do that.

 

[hellwig]

I wonder if they had planned on including brass knuckles in a special collectors-edition of the game or something, and thus they shipped that version to the press. Why not include a horses head while they're at it?

Where did the press kits ship from? EA is apparently based out of California, so if they shipped from the corporate offices, how did EA even get the knuckles in the first place?

 

[cangelini]

*Hoping I get a .30-06 with the next rendition of Deer Hunter.*

 

[KyleSTL]

LOL @chris.

Betcha my Desert Eagle .500 will be included with the special edition GTA IV.

 

[gm0n3y]

I grant this news article the 'LOL Award of the Day'.

 

[Tindytim]

I find this retarded. Not the EA sent it, but the fact that a relatively rudimentary shaping of metal makes it illegal, but it would be fine if I put a lot more work into that metal and make a knife into it, it's completely legal.

 

[jsloan]

they should throw them all in jail and beat them with golden brass knockles for what they have done to the games and companies they've purshased...

 

[Guest]

wow what crackheads rly.

 

[warezme]

Ok, now I want a pair...., ebay anyone?

 

[warezme]

as a paper weight of course....

 

[rbarone69]

are carbon fiber knuckles illegal lol

 

[m3kt3k]

AWSOMELY EPIC fail.. None the less. I want one.

 

[gm0n3y]

Yet somehow guns are legal? Not saying they should be, but come on, brass knuckles are less dangerous than a letter opener.

 

[ecook]

Someone is going to loose their job over this one. If EA wanted to do something like that with brass knuckles then why not have them made out of plastic or something? To quote Bugs Bunny, what a maroon.