Comments on: Activision Vandalizes Statue of Jimi Hendrix With Guitar Hero

By: facepalm

facepalm — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:55:24 +0000

*sigh* For all of you kiddies screaming “oh it’s photoshopped” it’s not. It’s called “out of focus” this tends to happen when you get up from your desk, go outside, and take pictures. I know the thought of this seems scary but trust me…some sun is good for you. As for the buttons and logo it seems to just be cut out on Styrofoam or cardboard and probably left on there with an easy peel adhesive. Activision might do this to be cheeky but they would never intentionally cause damage. As for the whole “how could you do this to a legend?!?!” argument…Well folks, it’s called a prank. Take the stick out of your asses. have a wee bit of fun now and again.

By: Papa Shango

Papa Shango — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:34:04 +0000

BAD BAD PHOTOSHOP WORK!!!
MUST IMPROVE SKILLS BEFORE TOUCHING A GUITAR GOD!

By: JAG ÄR FLIK

JAG ÄR FLIK — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:10:21 +0000

why people make this sthing
i dont get why people do

By: JimiFloyd

JimiFloyd — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:09:38 +0000

Ok, This is just simply wrong.. Since the Last 2 Guitar hero games that came out didn’t even have Hendrix in them… and too say the least to have a game called “Legends of Rock” and not have one Hendrix song in it, is pure bullshit. This is pure torment for me to say the least, Hendrix was and still is the best musician. Activison should dedicate an entire series to the man himself…

By: haha

haha — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:03:15 +0000

to all those guys who were like: “omg this is so not photoshopped, its real! you guys are idiots!” – hahahahahahahaha!!! its best to keep your mouth shut if you obviously know nothing about what you are talking about, in this case graphic editing. This photo has clearly been manipulated with some form of graphics program. Who’s the idiot now?

So this probably didn’t really happen. And its rather dissapointing its caused so much speculation. on the other hand, if it did happen, then i’d be a bit bleek with activision, not cool.

By: ps

ps — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:29:35 +0000

SHOOPED!

By: Crymore

Crymore — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:09:57 +0000

Cry more, even if the photo was real, they wouldn’t make it permanent.

By: John

John — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:02:52 +0000

If all they did was take a picture and return the statue to its original state, what’s the deal. If they actually broke it or “vandalized” it. No where in the report it it say there was permanent damage. Some people need to chill.

By: skamunisM

skamunisM — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:49:46 +0000

The buttons are clearly photoshopped, but the Guitar Hero logo looks real. What appears to be a false shadow is actually a reflection. You can see that the shadow along the bottom is correctly oriented.

By: poopshire

poopshire — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:38:52 +0000

Alright simply put… Humans are not gods.. We need to stop idolizing them no matter what great of an accomplishment they made. He’s dead, he can’t hear your calls of praise to him. He was a great guitarist during his time, he’s influenced some of our generation’s most famed guitarist but that doesn’t mean we have to be on his dick for everything, even a stupid statue. I can bet you guys are the same guys that would go to a war memorial and crack jokes and talk about how lame it is but as soon as its a rock legend its sacred. Get over it.

oh btw.. LOL OMG PHOTOHSOPEDDP.

By: Dayvan Cowboy

Dayvan Cowboy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:38:24 +0000

Wow, how embarrassing for you. It’s an obvious photoshop.

By: unleash_fan

unleash_fan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:17:26 +0000

Go Unleash! You teach these kids what’s up.
And btw article, sensationalism at its worst. Shame on you.

By: Anonymass

Anonymass — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:05:07 +0000

Dude…he was a guitarist and it’s just a game. They doctored (poorly i might add) a photo as an advertisement. They didn’t call Hendrix a Nazi. He’s not Jesus. It’s just a statue. Chill.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:00:02 +0000

Are you guys f*cking idiots? Honestly, its photoshoped, ive been working with photoshop for some 5 years now, and that is just a really sh*tty photoshop job. like unleash said, just check this out:

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/unleash_x/fake.jpg

By: Roby

Roby — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:54:26 +0000

How stupid do you have to be to think that it is photoshopped? Yeah the guys over at Kotaku are really laughing this one up. God you are all idiots!

By: matt

matt — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:50:10 +0000

Jimmy Hendrix isn’t that great, why are you so pissed? it actually looks like someone ct the pieces out of construction paper and put a cardboard guitar hero logo

By: unleash

unleash — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:43:40 +0000

The photo is a fake .. don’t believe me … proof -> http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb218/unleash_x/fake.jpg

The shadow on the GH logo is at a diff angle than other shadows
No water drops on any of the GH “pieces”
The finger on the blue button has no shadow and is harsh .. a bad PS mask job
Above teh blue button is a flat grey paint stroke
The buttons are all at the same blur .. pathetic attempt at depth of field ..
The first button has a flat black side … 100% black is almost never seen in nature.

Also the logo piece is just a foam core cutout (you can see how rough the edges are) …

By: guitarherooooo

guitarherooooo — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:22:01 +0000

Everyone just needs to relax. I feel like so many things are taken too personally. It’s kind of funny. putting a plastic guitar in jimi hendrix is not going to change my opinion on how good a guitar player he is. in fact, if he was still alive he’d probably be pretty bomb at guitar hero.

By: JoshApex

JoshApex — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:04:03 +0000

A) That photo is totally fake. I could have done better than that.

B) It’s hilarious! If activision wants to “vandalize” a statue by putting fake buttons on it, who cares? Assuming that photo is real (which it isn’t), it certainly isn’t permanent. It’s a gag. I think people are waaaayyyy too sensitive to get up in arms about something so trivial.

Guitar Hero is a video game about playing the guitar. Hendrix was an awesome guitar player. Tie in is pretty damn obvious.

By: jorge

jorge — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:59:46 +0000

hey! screw that this article who is the hot chick on that advertising at the bottom?? Cobra!!