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Strange eBay auction -- buy a spot in a game, maybe
Ever wanted to be in a video game and beat the crap out of Buddha, Jesus, Thor, or some other religious figure? Well... you can't, but you can get front row tickets! An interesting auction on eBay is for the upcoming title Battle of the Gods, not yet announced for any particular system, but considering any and all. It's basically a sacrilegious (to some) brawler where you can play as a multitude of dieties. As the auction states, "this game WILL make history, be a part of it!" Why not? It's only over $3000 right now.Your pretty penny nets you a t-shirt, a 3-d model of you animated by the production staff, a commemorative plaque, first dibs on playing the finished product, first viewable thing in a chosen level (most likely cheering on the mayhem), and two copies of the game signed by the whole staff, with you added to the cover. Truly, it sounds like bunk. The game isn't popping up on Google and if it's not on Google, where is it? Hopefully it's real. Probably not. Still, it's an interesting marketing quirk. If you want to check out the auction and see what goes down, feel free. It's funny, if nothing else. Think it's for real?
Pay your way in to a video game
If you happen to not be a star athlete or random artist at a game studio, getting your likeness in a video game usually consists of moving different stats around during a character creation screen. Well, if you're too lazy to do that or too rich to know what to do with your money, there's a shady auction up on eBay that will give you the opportunity to pay big bucks to appear as a "background character" in the upcoming Battle of the Gods for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, and Wii.This is what you get for forking over a few thousand dollars: Be the first to play the game in its early unreleased, unfinished stages. (after signing a non-disclosure and non-release form, of course). Be the first viewable thing in the opening to chosen level, animated for worldwide release. 2 free copies of the game signed by the whole team. This will be a special edition only for you with you added to the cover. Of course, if the game never comes to fruition, then you're pretty much screwed. But, hey, if you had that much to blow on something this silly anyway, chances are it won't matter to you. Buyer beware: We've never heard of this game or game company (Classified Productions). Here is their Wikipedia page and MySpace page.[Via Destructoid]
