Guess Who Wants Wendy's Wii Promotion Halted?
I think you may know which overly passionate, conservative and ill-informed lawyer wants Wendy’s to stop their upcoming Wii promotion. Yeah, the game-hating lawyer who will not be named. Wendy’s is about to launch a series of Nintendo toys including little excite trucks, Wii Remotes, Mario statues and Wii Sports playthings. This time he sees Wendy’s new Wii-themed kids meal pack-in toys as a promotional effort for the upcoming Rockstar game Manhunt 2. See a connection there? No, I thought not.
Hop aboard this logic train and watch the catastrophe when it derails. Essentially he believes that since Wendy’s is promoting the Wii and since Manhunt 2 is a Wii title, Wendy’s is endorsing the distribution of Rockstar’s latest stealth action slaughterfest. Wow, he’s really stretching the limits of reason with this latest attack on the gaming and fast food industry.
Heretofore known as Voldemort, Voldie claims to have secret ties to the deceased founder of Wendy’s, Dave Thomas.
A dear friend of mine worked for Wendy’s and with Dave Thomas closely for years. From that I know that Dave Thomas never would have tolerated the use of Wendy’s good name to promote Nintendo’s Wii, not with this game available on the Wii platform.
He could have said that he contacted Thomas on a Parker Brothers edition of a Ouija board, with the aid of a Haitian Voodoo priestess sitting on a throne of bones doused in chicken blood on the night of a full moon, for a claim of similar validity.
It’s pretty obvious that the toys depicted on the Wendy’s site clearly do not endorse a “killing trainer”. They are cute plastic renditions of the Nintendo franchise, which has always been on the kid-friendly side.
Now Voldemort has not officially sued Wendy’s yet, or threatened to sue them. I just don’t know how much it has to take to get this guy disbarred. He has always been acting out of passion and his logic seems so deeply flawed at this point, I’m amazed he can even show his head in court anymore without being arrested on the spot.
Hey, Jack… You Want Fries With That? [Game Politics]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 9 May 2007
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Thomas was also a homophobic bigot that gave tens of millions to the Fred Phelps of this world
I have no trouble believing Jack knew him well.
Voldemort! Fan-fucking-tastic. Best. Nickname. Ever.
you are F kidding me, right?
I mean, i can understand how people will buy his bullcrap about PS3 and 360, because of the mature games... but the cute, inocent mario-dk-zelda-smash seller wii??
next he will come out saying that pokemon makes kids violent towards their pets...
or that smash brothers makes them violent..
or that zelda makes them gay....(this one i can actually belive, but anyway)
Jack, Jack, Jack, you are the biggest idiot on the planet. *Shakes head*
oh my god, get a job!
Quote from Morrigan:
"or that zelda makes them gay....(this one i can actually belive, but anyway)"
If Zelda made me turn gay, do you think she could use those same powers to Link turn gay?
meant the game, not the character..
but do you really think link could be gayer?
(ok, here ends morrigan's bad attempt at humor)
laugh if you wan't...
please? pretty please?
Apparently Jack doesn't like eating his Frosty's in a restaurant full of happy children.
Don't insult Voldemort like that. He's waaaaay waaaay more intelligent and clever than Jack whatshisface is, and he's a fictional book character. -_-;
I want to go to wendys now and get a Wiimote! *since I can't afford the real life system yet*
Voldemort... priceless. lol
"He could have said that he contacted Thomas on a Parker Brothers edition of a Ouija board, with the aid of a Haitian Voodoo priestess sitting on a throne of bones doused in chicken blood on the night of a full moon, for a claim of similar validity."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Brilliant.
Now what the hell is one suppose to do with a Wii remote toy? Wave it around and watch nothing happen? That is so lame.
I think for maximum effect you have to wave it around and say "Lumos!" or "Expelliarmus!" and THEN watch nothing happen.