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Mark Ecko tags the Web

Posted by Dice on 01 October 2005 - 17:11 · 17 comments & 2232 views

Mark Ecko's Getting Up sure has seen difficulties getting onto store shelves. The game, which follows a graffiti writer earning respect by tagging up a fictional city, has been the target of politicians and activists who think it teaches kids to deface property. A block party to celebrate the game and the culture it represents also met with opposition but was allowed to proceed by a judge.

Getting up the Getting Up Web site proved to be much more straightforward, as the publisher today announced that the game's Internet portal has gone live.

The Web page offers the standard fare, including game information, news, screenshots, videos, and interviews. The site also features a blog that details Ecko's childhood penchant for wearing underwear and capes, a description and timeline of some of the most famous graffiti artists, and MP3s from Definitive Jux's RJD2, who provides music for the game.

Mark Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure will be released on the PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 in November. The game is awaiting rating information and will sell for $49.99.

News source: GameSpot

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#1 Posted by GHL on 01 Oct 2005 - 17:59: looks like a good game actually, after watching all of gamespots vids.

#2 Posted by Epimetheus on 01 Oct 2005 - 19:53: A game based on graffiti? Good? HAHAHA! I bet it also has more racial stereo typing then god has liver pills.

#3 Posted by Mr. Apex on 01 Oct 2005 - 22:40: The demo at E3 was great. I am really looking forward to this one!

(5 replies) #4 Posted by toadeater on 02 Oct 2005 - 06:28: Graffiti is vandalism. Ok, so maybe .01% of graffiti "artists" are true artists, and in totalitarian countries it may be a genuine political tool, but the majority of graffiti artists in America are delinquents and gang members who do it to show off. There's nothing good about it, it doesn't help anyone, and in some cases, it is even part of gang warfare.

I don't see how the hero of this game is supposed to earn respect by turning his neighborhood into a sewer. Would you respect some ***hole who tags his name on your house in spray paint?

Marck Ecko should go help the relief effort in New Orleans if he wants respect.

#5 Posted by rIaHc3 on 02 Oct 2005 - 16:44: Watched the video.........Looks ok....

#6 Posted by exhale on 02 Oct 2005 - 17:37: Seems like a good game, Im purchasing

(1 reply) #7 Posted by Sage_Override on 02 Oct 2005 - 18:00: I guess no one remembers Jet Set Radio. Why aren't politicians attacking that game? It has the same plot. Oh, I know because until this game came out, graffiti influencing teenagers wasn't considered. Way to pay attention, ya old fogies.

(1 reply) #8 Posted by yert* on 02 Oct 2005 - 21:06: The game looks completely retarded anyway.

#9 Posted by Blues™ on 03 Oct 2005 - 15:04: pfft ilkl have to agree with the person who commented on JSR. That game was fare superior to this peice of crap. Hell you could even do yer own sprays on yer pc and import them into the game.

The dev team that did this one prolly looked at JSR and said, hey we can make this better, when all they did was make a pos ripoff

#10 Posted by Lexcyn on 03 Oct 2005 - 17:13: I like graffiti on train cars. It's something to look at while they're passing by and you're waiting behind the barrier. Sometimes they're pretty cool looking, too.

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