Had we been consulted, we would have told the parties responsible that
fulfilling subscriptions of the now-defunct
EGM with the dumb man's Playboy (
Maxim) was a pretty crummy idea. Now we've got some evidence of that courtesy of Kathleen O'Donnell, who's none too happy that her 12-year-old Jake has received two issues of
Maxim, despite her requests that it stop. "When I saw it, I didn't think it was a magazine my son should be looking at," she told CBS affiliate
WBZ.
It's a cruddy situation all around, but we'd like to give a small protip to young Jake: If someone starts sending you pictures of half-naked ladies,
keep that to yourself.
[Via
The Escapist]
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WiredKnight @ Aug 11th 2009 7:02PM
Pretty sure Playboy is the dumb-man's Playboy.
Kyle @ Aug 11th 2009 7:04PM
Zing... maxim has better content although lacks the goods. Though I was pissed off at the olivia munn playboy so they're on the same level.
Jeff Rebbeck @ Aug 11th 2009 7:05PM
Stop reading it for the articles.
Wiizer (MW2 Sweatshop Entrepreneur) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:13PM
^ This Wet promotion bullshit is having the opposite effect...
I am never going to buy this game thanks to their stupid promo idea with these dumb links.
ArchiGamer 2.0 [Now With Chucklelin] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:15PM
Sad, I was looking forward to buying WET but not....I might reconsider.....
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:25PM
I agree, Sting has been posting this shit all weekend and still hasn't been banned.
Solace (Only on PSN) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:33PM
About fucking time people noticed this douche bag trying to promote Wet on Joystiq.. I reported his ass weeks ago
XGM @ Aug 11th 2009 7:41PM
Wow finally people notice, hopefully the right people notice... You can be sure im not supporting that game at all because of stupid bullst!t like this.
MaliceMajorE15 @ Aug 11th 2009 7:50PM
maybe hes on bethesda's development team or most probably PR team.
looking back on his posts hes been pretty shameless about it.
Filthy Assistant @ Aug 11th 2009 8:01PM
Oh he's promoting Wet? I never even knew what the links were, I just assumed general penis enlargement-type spam.
That won't keep me from trying the game, though. Honestly, it's bound to be overlooked as it is. I can't blame them for trying to get more publicity as I'm sure they spent way too much money getting Eliza Dushku to crap out the voice for the main character when any random VA could do it just as well.
Help me! @ Aug 11th 2009 9:16PM
My old roommate was a big fan of Maxim, and always left a huge stack of them in the bathroom
It's gotta be the stupidest f-ing magazine I've ever "read", if you can call sifting through page after page of ads trying to find an article "reading"
You'll have upwards of 5 pages of ads for each page of article, and most of the articles are just thinly-veiled advertisements themselves
Terrible, terrible magazine
WiredKnight @ Aug 11th 2009 9:34PM
@Help me
Man, if you think that's bad, you should try wading through Cosmopolitan. There's like 18 ads before you even get to the contents page, not to mention how ridiculously sexist the whole thing is.
Blank-Mage @ Aug 11th 2009 9:46PM
One jerk does not a campaign make. It's quite possible that Sting is simply some kind of crazed fan.
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Ghen @ Aug 11th 2009 10:00PM
rofl blank :D
dronesensor @ Aug 11th 2009 10:07PM
Wrong. Playboy does good journalism, on top of having pictures of naked ladies. Maxim is just trash, on top of not actually showing anything.
Check it, and try informing yourselves before spouting off on shit you know nothing about.
http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/03/did_playboy_just_disappear_an.php
WiredKnight @ Aug 12th 2009 4:44AM
Look at this guy defending his precious Playboy, and in a time when magazines are a dying medium.
Fullmetal Salchemist @ Aug 12th 2009 5:21AM
At Kyle:
Maxim has the better content?! Maxim seems like it's written by 13-year-olds who just passed English class.
Solace (Only on PSN) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:05PM
Parents just don't understand
charlie b. @ Aug 11th 2009 7:28PM
have i just been Bel-Aired?
Mr Khan @ Aug 11th 2009 7:06PM
Huh, hadn't thought of that. I was more concerned with female EGM subscribers
nullset @ Aug 11th 2009 7:08PM
Pretty sure the two of them were really pissed.
Hardcore @ Aug 11th 2009 7:51PM
As luck would have it, they were both lesbians and therefore pleased.
Jake1123456 @ Aug 11th 2009 7:07PM
As a 12 year old I didn't even see my mail until my parents looked at it. I understand why she's pissed, I was a bit surprised myself, but next time just get rid of it before your 12 year old sees it...
nullset @ Aug 11th 2009 7:10PM
ಠ_ಠ
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Tea & Crumpets] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:11PM
good point. there's no need to bring attention to it if he doesn't even notice. all she has to do is call and ask for the subscription to be canceled, and tell him that EGM tanked.
nutman @ Aug 11th 2009 7:18PM
@Sly
Read the article. She claims she called and asked TWICE for it to be canceled.
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Tea & Crumpets] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:24PM
i know, i read it. but there's no need to make a scene. customer service almost always sucks. she could make a formal complaint to the company if it wasn't cancelled after that.
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Tea & Crumpets] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:26PM
seriously, she went to A NEWS STATION. why do people need to make their little problems public? if they kidnapped her kid, that's something to make public.
catfish24 @ Aug 11th 2009 7:54PM
@Sly
I actually find that if you encounter a problem with a business and report it to your local news station, the problem gets solved fairly quickly. Where I live in NC, we have a feature on the news called Action 9 where you can report businesses ripping you off, over-billed, misled, etc... and the station contacts the company resulting in getting the problem solved most of the time. It's really great if you're getting a bad deal from a business.
I'm not saying that I think the mom is right or wrong, but I do think reporting your displeasure to news stations about businesses practices can often times lead to resolving your problems.
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Teets & Crumpets] @ Aug 11th 2009 8:03PM
fair enough, but i just think that she caused more trauma to her son than the magazine ever would have.
WINterfang @ Aug 11th 2009 8:59PM
I wouldn't call it trauma he is probably just embarrassed but he is a kid, kids are embarrassed of their parents anyway.
Still as a *ahem* past his teens young male adult, I tend to agree more with the mother, they did change the subscription without neither of them wanting them and then still refused to stop sending the magazines.
Alex McKee @ Aug 11th 2009 9:55PM
Heh, I remember when I got an issue of EGM that had a tutorial on how to turn an Atari 2600 controller into a *cough* "Adult toy" *cough* and my mother was not exactly pleased. That was, shall I say, titillating reading?
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Tea & Crumpets] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:07PM
psh, most 12 year olds have seen much more. it's amazing how pussified the world has become. i dare anyone to go to a police officer and say "fuck" 5 times. it's a WORD, does it really mean ANYTHING? and why is nudity so bad? it's NATURAL! showing killing is fine, but not a tit? we really need to reconsider some of our ideals...
ArchiGamer 2.0 [Now With Chucklelin] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:13PM
On the topic of the word "fuck", what the fuck does is it even mean???!!!!
Captain Planet (now accepting new Planeteer recruits and official sponsor of the Cody is a Douche contest) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:13PM
Tits are nature's water fountain.
Captain Planet (now accepting new Planeteer recruits and official sponsor of the Cody is a Douche contest) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:14PM
@ ArchiGamer
I highly recommend you watch this:
http://www.amazon.com/F-K-Documentary-Pat-Boone/dp/B000KB488Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1250032455&sr=8-1
It's fucking brilliant.
nutman @ Aug 11th 2009 7:17PM
So who exactly do you think you're enlightening here douchebag?
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Tea & Crumpets] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:18PM
cap, i'm putting in an official request to have my power changed to Tits & Crumpets. i feel that i can be better at making the world a better place with this power.
ArchiGamer 2.0 [Now With Chucklelin] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:20PM
@ Cap
Sweet, now my answers will be answered!!!
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Tea & Crumpets] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:21PM
nutman, are you talking to me? i don't think i'm 'enlightening' anyone. i just think it's stupid that everyone cares so much about meaningless words and nudity, even though much worse things are accepted as fine. see how you called me a douchebag? i don't care, you can call me whatever you want. i'm cool with it. you know why? because we're both faceless posters on the internet. what we say doesn't matter at all in the grand scheme of things, because frankly, no one truly gives a damn.
BananaBoat @ Aug 11th 2009 7:23PM
Fuck - Noun - From the German "Ficken" or "to Fuck" or, less to the point, to "strike"
Actually, that is but one answer, for no one knows for sure where the word originated
LegendaryRedass @ Aug 11th 2009 7:26PM
I say to you, google " police brutality" before you go around cussing out cops.
Shmil ( power of minor annoyances) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:27PM
Can I be a planeteer?
THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:27PM
my reaction to tits is very similar to a water fountain.
ArchiGamer 2.0 [Now With Chucklelin] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:29PM
Also. how do you become a planeteer?
Captain Planet (now accepting new Planeteer recruits and official sponsor of the Cody is a Douche contest) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:32PM
I feel as if you can do this world great justice with these new powers Sly, with one slight adjustment...
I officially grant you the power of Teets & Crumpets.
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Teets & Crumpets]
Remember, the powers is YOURS!
Captain Planet (now accepting new Planeteer recruits and official sponsor of the Cody is a Douche contest) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:34PM
@ ArchiGamer & Schmil:
If you would like to be considered for a position among the team, simply state your country of origin and the power you wish to control (be original!)
The Planeteer Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status (though we prefer brown people overall). If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request (Ma-Ti is more than willing to "help" you). The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request (unless you're asian).
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Tea & Crumpets] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:35PM
redass - that's what i was referring to. you'll get your ass kicked for saying a word that most people don't even know the real meaning of.
shmil, archi - just ask cap if you can apply, and list your preferred country and power. i am UK - Power of Tea & Crumpets, even though i'm american. so choose anything (as long as it helps the earth).
(01) @ Aug 11th 2009 7:48PM
Your argument would hold more weight if you didn't use "pussified" and "tits."
Sly [Planeteer | Power of Teets & Crumpets] @ Aug 11th 2009 7:49PM
i'm 14, give me a break.