Parappa M-I-Xes flour into a bowl, LIVE!
Andreas Wieslander's bachelor thesis, entitled "IN REAL GAME," is "a project about marketing games through live performances, in order to focus on the games feel, rather than its graphics and sfx."
He has chosen the infectious beats and charms of the PlayStation classic Parappa the Rapper to illustrate this concept. They act out the roles of Cheep Cheep and Parappa in a rendition of "Cheep Cheep Cooking Chicken's Rap," complete with seafood cake, live backing band, and Parappa's jerky delivery. "Crack. Crack. Crack. The egg. Into. The bowl."
The idea is clever and captures some of the fun, and certainly the oddity, of Parappa the Rapper, but how well would it work on other games that didn't lend themselves so well to the idea. Try acting out Prince of Persia.
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However, I really loved how the video was imbedded directly into the front page.
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And might I say, this is one of the greatest videos I've ever seen-- I love PaRappa and I was laughing me arse off at this one.
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The video was quaint. I'd still rather just PLAY "Parappa the Rapper" than watch this, though.
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In that case, it's clever and deserves a B.
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Seriously though, they're good.
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I only question how well this would work....I enjoyed the Two Thrones Training videos...but I still haven't bought the game.
A marketing video needs to give you reasons to go buy the game. I found that lacking in this video. It only entertained and got me thinking about the game. But it didn't give the extra push that was needed to get me in the store.
If there was a way to combine this video, with some other formats, such as gamefootage, comparisons, as well as a few other twists, I hthink this could be a very marketable idea. This video would be great as apart of a marketing blitz.
That aside, and all thigns considered, a fantastic piece of work, and one that I'm sending to all I know.
Fantastic. I wish I had thought of it.
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Nice performance, i love the idea, i would like to see if any company see this and that would bring them better ideas for marketing. Way to go boys! u got some flow goin on.
Cya
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Thanks for brightening my day.Still can't believe how good this is. But I guess like the main man 'I gotta believe!'
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Oh man, this makes me want to play the game so bad, but then again I've been deprived of video games all my life, so it's not that special, besides I like all music games and I never even knew what this game was about. At all.
I think this would be fun to do, though, and for a school project? Wow what. I'd totally do it if I had the chance, too, though I suppose I'd try to do more dancing, even though there wasn't that much space for it. Then again, I'm a chick. Very good, I guess.
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Now Pacmanhattan, on the other hand, is an AWESOME way to cleverly turn your last major goofball school project into something that rationalizes the money and time spent on it. ;) Go Google it if you haven't seen it.
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