Nintendo Apologizes to SuicideGirls 423
As a follow up to the unfortunate incident on Wednesday, thanks to emfra (and others) who pointed out that BoingBoing has Nintendo's Apology Letter to the SuicideGirls site up. They even went so far as to offer up a free game system and game to the site owner. So alls well that end's well...but not before Penny Arcade had a chance to comment.
Can someone repost? (Score:5, Funny)
Nintendo (Score:5, Funny)
Oh wait.. this is Slashdot
I said it before... (Score:5, Funny)
"Hey, hot goth chicks like Nintendo games, how can we publicize this fact? I know, let's send them a nasty letter from our lawyers and 200,000 geeks will start to associate hot goth chicks with Nintendo."
And you all fell for it.
well after RTFA (Score:5, Funny)
I'd like to know why Nintendo's Lawyers are looking at goth-porn. That would seem far more damaging than a goth-porn site mentioning they like Nintendo games.
but what do I know.
Dear Nintendo, (Score:5, Funny)
Yours faithfully,
A.Nutter
Dear Nutter,
Yes you do need help. Mario 64 is crap.
Yours faithfully,
Your shrink
I have mod points, and wanted to mod this... (Score:4, Funny)
But "Obviously wearing tinfoil hat" isn't one of the mod options.
Re:well after RTFA (Score:5, Funny)
It's funny 'cause it's true. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I said it before... (Score:5, Funny)
Nintendo Marketing Guy #2: "GREAT IDEA!! Thats much better than Magic Mushroom munching italian plumbers.... get the lawyers on it"
Seems fairly sensible to me!
The letter? (Score:4, Funny)
E-mail address? (Score:5, Funny)
~D
I hope not too late... (Score:5, Funny)
I hope Nintendo's apologies don't come too late.
You know, these emotionally labile personalities (suicide girls) take these things to heart...
Don't do it! Life is so beautiful!
Re:well after RTFA (Score:1, Funny)
So... will Nintendo pay SuicideGirls for... (Score:4, Funny)
This just in... (Score:5, Funny)
A spokesman for the Bar Association was quoted as saying, "Apologize?! If lawyers start giving apologies for simply doing their jobs, our entire legal system will collapse as everyone will simply get along rather than continue pointless and expensive litigation."
Re:website (Score:5, Funny)
Aha! It's all actually a part of the evil ploy! They want to know his address so they can dispatch black-clad agents to abduct him for nefarious purposes! Don't fall for it guys! Run away! Run
+++ATH
NO CARRIER
Response (Score:5, Funny)
This law offices represent SuicideGirls. Ever since your letter of apology, they have experience a dangerous swing of confidence and self-respect. As a result, they can no longer see themselves as 'SuicideGirls' and prefer the term 'MildlyDespondentWomen'.
We are asking for a settlement of one billion dollars for emotional non-stress, lack of pain and suffering, and character assassination.
And a pony. a Shetland Pony.
Dewey, Cheetham & Howe
Re:Nintendo (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I hope not too late... (Score:2, Funny)
Nintendo game system of their choice? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:well after RTFA (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I said it before... (Score:3, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
Why stop there? (Score:5, Funny)
Subaru
REI
Nintendo
Sony
Dell
Bank of America Loan Dept.
Of course it could backfire and I'd end up instead getting an apology letter from a pornstar with an offer for free...you know.
The best part of that apology... (Score:5, Funny)
"Is that Rune or Ms. Lateralus? Ohh....ooook...."
You almost get the feeling that if Christie had asked what level her half-elven ranger was, she wouldn't have to stop and think before answering...
Slashdot/SG connection? (Score:2, Funny)
This would make a good Slashdot poll.
"Does SG pay Slashdot for this advertisement?"
o Yes
o Probably
o CowboyNeal gets free nookie
Re:Nintendo game system of their choice? (Score:3, Funny)
Complete with the little robot guy to handle the gyroscopes! That thing was awesome!
Touching Is Good (Score:5, Funny)
Nintendo Says 'Touching Is Good' in Sexed-Up DS Ads [reuters.co.uk]
Tell me again that the hot goth chicks connection isn't intentional.
In related news... (Score:5, Funny)
punish Sony (Score:1, Funny)
I suggest a spanking.
[queue scene of Monty Python's Castle Anthrax, but with less 'innocent' looking girls]
Re:Can someone repost? (Score:5, Funny)
Please bring the girls.
Re:Dear Nintendo, (Score:2, Funny)
I can't believe you said Mario 64 is crap!
Re:Can someone repost? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Fairly obvious what happened (Score:3, Funny)
Damn! (Score:1, Funny)
Damn.. and I thought I was going to get laid!
Re:Not perfect (Score:5, Funny)
Well, really, there is, it is just that Nintendo is playing a smaller part than originally thought. hehe
It's a trick! (Score:4, Funny)
It's just a ruse so that they can get RuneLateralus's home address and sue him directly...
DON'T DO IT!
(I'm joking, but if it were the RIAA or SCO instead of Nintendo, I wouldn't be.)
Re:Dear Nintendo, (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I said it before... (Score:3, Funny)
Nintendo Marketing Guy #4: "Profit!"
The joke's been done before but I couldn't resist
Re:Can someone repost? (Score:4, Funny)
I mis-typed this once in front of my boss and ended up with a picture of a vagina on my screen.
Luckily there were no customers in our shop at the time.
Going to the site now returns a 'search' page instead of the porn site it used to be. Maybee dslreports.com had it taken down?
Re:Can someone repost? (Score:3, Funny)
Holy crap! (Score:1, Funny)
A megacorporation being nice is like the seventh sign. I'm packing my bags and getting the fuck out of Dodge.
Re:Nintendo (Score:3, Funny)
Let's assume that you need at least one eye to successfully poke the eye of another. After poking a single eye, the eye-poker is now one-eyed, having given an eye for justice, but can still poke. The eye-poker's eye won't be removed until he is caught. This is the key point, and it allows the one-eyed (or two-eyed) eye-poker to poke as many eyes as she can until someone stops her. So it is possible for a clever eye poker to poke many more eyes than her two eye quota that she would at first appear to be limited to. (Let's ignore for a moment the question of punishing a multi-poker who has but two eyes to lose). Thus, it is certainly possible for everyone to go blind in an eye for an eye world if we allow for an eye-poking rampage.
Or maybe you just shouldn't take everything so literally.
Re:Makes perfect sense to me (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Just to summarize (Score:3, Funny)