Is That A Zombie Arm In Your Hand Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
March 11, 2009
The marketing department that was spreading awareness of Capcom's new Resident Evil 5 for the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 has been brought up on charges related to yesterday's severed limb fiasco in Trafalgar Square. No, wait; that's tomorrow's news. Today's news is that the marketing department that will be spreading awareness of Capcom's new Resident Evil 5 for the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 has announced a contest where batches of severed limbs will be scattered throughout Trafalgar Square as part of a treasure hunt in which the person who collects the most stray arms, legs, etc. wins a trip to Africa. The Guardian has the details.
Alert us to your presence by standing on the bridge, holding the artificial body parts over your head and shouting 'Kijuju!'. We will be there, watching you, and will approach when you make yourselves known.
Points allocated for each body part - 2 points for arms, 2 points for legs, 3 points for torsos , 5 points for a head. The more body parts you find and bring to us, the more points you get. The player(s) with the most points by 11am win the holiday to Africa.
If I were a serial killer with large drums full of remains of my victims stored in my basement, I could have a lot of fun with this promotion. Imagine how quickly excitement would turn to horror when a gleeful Resident Evil fan presents a decomposing arm to a marketing supervisor only to be told "Um, that's not one of ours." This scene would repeat several times because I would have a lot of limbs that needed disposing, so the depraved laughter would just keep on coming.