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Bizarre Blake Griffin RAGE trailer amuses

by Jeff Mattas, May 20, 2011 5:15pm PDT

Related Topics – Rage, Trailer

A new trailer for Id Software's Rage has arrived, featuring the NBA's 2011 Rookie of the Year, Blake Griffin. Yes, it's as odd as it sounds.

Apparently, Griffin really wants to be featured in the Bethesda-published shooter, which is eventually coming to PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.

Be sure to check out our interview with producer Jason Kim for more information about the game.

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Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Bizarre Blake Griffin RAGE trailer amuses.

A strange new trailer for Rage is released, and it features Blake Griffin.

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A strange new trailer for Rage is released, and it features Blake Griffin. : Shacknews
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- Yep, that was indeed strange. Funny at times, but still a pretty odd marketing move. : pillzer
- Good to see the tiger from The Hangover was available. : SentryDown
- hahaha that was very good : Poor Yurik
- hahaha. excellent. : badcaps
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  I don't know who Blake Griffin is. : Floppygrandma
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    NBA Rookie of the Year. Seems like a cool guy as well. : Dessicator82
    - I totally now know who Blake Griffin is. Yea, that's an odd trailer. : Floppygrandma
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  That's not the id offices & none of those people actually work at id. : xert
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    i doubt people that actually work at id can act. : doomed
    - well, besides the ones at marketing... those have been fooling us since Doom3 for a good id multiplaye... : doomed
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    Yeah I thought it was the id offices but on closer inspection probably not http://goo.gl/f7son Gues... : Schnapple
    - In a couple of shots, if you look really closely at the background, you can see some hills/low mountains.... : LeapingFool
- as a big id software fan and a big NBA fan, this perfectly fits into the demographic of me. : telmarine
- Well, that was certainly different. : steauengeglase
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  That's actually a really slick mainstream ad. Is anyone else really impressed by that? Usually game a... : geedeck
  - Agreed! : fechols
  - It's true.. it feels like a 'real' commercial and 'we' are definitely not the target audience. Make me t... : Gwyndion
  - I lost it at "Tiger Jump!" : evildanish
  - I liked it a lot. Really well done. : nomaad
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    It didn't feature any stupid or extremely loud music blaring the background or any dumb catchphrases or a... : varsindarkin
    - THIS IS THE NEW SHIT : Johnny Law
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    It's not much unlike Sony's "Kevin Butler" ad approach. : My Documents
    - I really liked one of those ads. : shurcool
  - I think the main thing is the quality of the video and lighting used to film it. I'm not an expert an... : Schnapple
- That was pretty good actually. I now want to see a mutant dunk on another mutant. : PointlesS76
- haha, that is pretty fucking good : moshman
- I can see it now .. Rage DLC entitled "Mutant Basketball featuring Blake Griffen" : johnhead
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  Cool ad. Still not very excited about Rage, though. Just another vanilla shooter in a sea of vanilla sh... : PenicillinX57
  - Me too. : shurcool
- It's actually good! : Mad Brahmin Disease
- I quite enjoyed that. : ChibiJosh
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  He'll need a job when the lockout happends next year! Come on ID! Put him in the game!!!
  
  May 21, 2011 9:29am PDT
  
  He'll need a job when the lockout happends next year! Come on ID! Put him in the game!!! : 3dchipset
- That was pretty funny : Dontdrop
- That was great. Blake's the man. : icon_of_syn
- This ad does not work for me, but only few ads for games have so its alright. : Lukiopimp
- That was hilarious. I have a degree in art, so I'm qualified to say that. : Jobos