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Scarface: The Rise of Tony Montana lifts Starwave Mobile
Photos thanks to Diamond Galleries and MoDoJo
Disney has a new little friend, and this one isn’t so much with the conscience.
Starwave Mobile, the mobile content division of the mouse eared company was the big winner in that arena for 2006, as their Scarface related ringtones, graphics, and games rung up 2 million downloads; accounting for a whopping 1% of all mobile content downloaded. Much of the Scarface related traffic can be attributed to “say hello…” voicetones that reintroduce Al Pacino’s fake Cuban accent to a whole new generation of cell phones, and the "Scarface: The Rise of Tony Montana" mobile game. I could give you a detailed account of what the game’s about, but really all you need to know is you start out with a chainsaw and try to work your way up to an M-16.
This would be the point were I was going to get all indignant about a company constantly thumping it’s chest about family values becoming involved with a property that gives an entirely different meaning to Snow White; but let’s face it Disney is a business and they’d just as soon market Manson Family values if they thought it would sell more Winnie the Pooh plush toys. Large corporations are basically just whores with fancier business cards.
Anyway, as Scarface is about nothing if not excess, Starwave Mobile will only be expanding the line to include a "Scarface Casino," card game and "Scarface: MPR" (Money. Power. Respect.), a task-driven game we can only hope revolves around becoming a famous rapper so you can appear on MTV Cribs.
Comments
originally sent to: MODOJO
"we know handhelds"
About TEN YEARS ago a friend and I were watching the Superbowl. I Can't even remember who was playing but the superbowl is famous for good ads.
Doritos had this ad with a really hot woman walking into a laundromat and emptying a bag of Doritos into the dryer. She was definitely hot and I was curious who she was. I had heard a lot of complaints from some people that I knew that the Internet wasn't so great.
This was the day that sealed it for me as being something that nothing else could compare to. I went to a search engine and typed in "superbowl doritos commercial" and within thirty seconds knew that her name was Ali Landry.
If I had called Frito-Lay, makers of Doritos (which would not have been possible because they would have been closed on Sunday) I may never have gotten through to someone that knew the answer. I can just imagine the switchboard operator telling me they don't make commercials...they make potato chips and that she didn't know who to connect me to. Well ever since then getting info on something has gotten easier and easier
UNTIL TODAY!!!
Boostmobile has sold me a really fantastic little game called Super Gadgets by Starwave Mobile. It is kind of beyond my imagination that I can't find any info on this game (I am stuck on the "Hurt Him" level and can't get past it) ... so although I have been enjoying it, now it is turning into a source of aggravation and frustration. I cannot even find a listing of it at your website or even the company that made it!
If you know handhelds how come this game which is made by subsidiary of no less than the Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) you know, the mouse that slowly devours the planet, isn't something that is listed by you or at least someone?
originally sent to: MODOJO
"we know handhelds"
About TEN YEARS ago a friend and I were watching the Superbowl. I Can't even remember who was playing but the superbowl is famous for good ads.
Doritos had this ad with a really hot woman walking into a laundromat and emptying a bag of Doritos into the dryer. She was definitely hot and I was curious who she was. I had heard a lot of complaints from some people that I knew that the Internet wasn't so great.
This was the day that sealed it for me as being something that nothing else could compare to. I went to a search engine and typed in "superbowl doritos commercial" and within thirty seconds knew that her name was Ali Landry.
If I had called Frito-Lay, makers of Doritos (which would not have been possible because they would have been closed on Sunday) I may never have gotten through to someone that knew the answer. I can just imagine the switchboard operator telling me they don't make commercials...they make potato chips and that she didn't know who to connect me to. Well ever since then getting info on something has gotten easier and easier
UNTIL TODAY!!!
Boostmobile has sold me a really fantastic little game called Super Gadgets by Starwave Mobile. It is kind of beyond my imagination that I can't find any info on this game (I am stuck on the "Hurt Him" level and can't get past it) ... so although I have been enjoying it, now it is turning into a source of aggravation and frustration. I cannot even find a listing of it at your website or even the company that made it!
If you know handhelds how come this game which is made by subsidiary of no less than the Walt Disney Internet Group (WDIG) you know, the mouse that slowly devours the planet, isn't something that is listed by you or at least someone?
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