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Old 07-24-2005, 11:49 PM   #1
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Default 50 Cent: Bulletproof

By NEIL DAVIDSON

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 Updated at 3:18 PM EDT

Canadian Press


LOS ANGELES — He's been shot nine times and sold millions of records. A feature film is under way, and now rapper 50 Cent has added a video game to his portfolio.

Vivendi Universal unveiled 50 Cent: Bulletproof at the recent E3 video game show. Developed by California-based Genuine Games, Bulletproof is a third-person shooter that takes 50 Cent on a bloody path though New York's drug underworld.

As one might expect, the game is not for the faint-hearted. As 50 Cent explains succinctly early on in the game, if you're a friend, he's got your back for life. If you're an enemy, the world's not big enough to hide.

Either way, expect bullets to fly, blood to spill and enough potty-mouthed dialogue to last a lifetime.

Executive producer Andre Emerson calls Bulletproof "the ultimate fusion of entertainment mediums," bringing together music, video, gaming and storytelling.

There is past and present 50 Cent music, including three new songs and 10 new freestyle raps. The game also features videos by 50 Cent and his crew: fellow rappers G-Unit (Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and Tony Yayo).

The G-Unit boys are in the game, as are Eminem and Dr. Dre. Eminem plays a shady detective while Dre is an arms dealer.

But the game revolves around 50 Cent, who spent plenty of time on the project, according to Emerson.

"Lots. From the beginning he was involved with the look. He approves visuals, he's involved with the audio, of course. Very involved in the story, involved in the game mechanics. ... It's been a very dynamic relationship. He's not a licensor who says 'Sure, write me a cheque.' He's engaged."

He's also keeping tabs. Emerson was just in Toronto showing 50 Cent the latest version of the game. The rapper is in Canada filming his biopic Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

The story for Bulletproof is the work of TV writer Terry Winter (The Sopranos), an Emmy Award winner who also wrote the script for 50 Cent's movie. Winter travelled with the rapper on a recent tour in preparation for the screenplay, so he was a natural to work on the video game.

Emerson calls the story a "classic crime drama." The rapper plays a fictional version of himself — as a street hustler. Essentially, the plot revolves around the question: what if 50 Cent hadn't turned to rap?

Thanks to his research for the movie, Winter knew 50 Cent's life inside out. So while the game is mostly fiction, there are elements from the rapper's life — "but obviously without anything incriminating," Emerson added with a grin.

Getting shot nine times, which did happen in 2000, kicks off the game's story line. The plot soon turns from simple revenge to tangling with crime families, bikers and gangbangers.

"Very much in kind of a film noir style, it keeps getting deeper and deeper and the stakes keep raising."

Emerson has bona fide gaming credits. He used to work for Namco and took several members of his team from the Dead to Rights title to Genuine Games.

The Bulletproof game screen is clean, devoid of almost all icons. The environment is destructible, allowing the gamer to move and hide behind items like Dumpsters while under fire.

Emerson calls 50 Cent an "old-school gamer" who likes classics like Tetris and Space Invaders. His son is a hardcore gamer, however, as are the G-Unit members.

50 Cent and G-Unit each contribute their likeness and voice in the game. There is more than an hour of cinematics, according to Emerson — near naked booty swaying behind him by way of example on the TV screen showing the game.

Players can customize the soundtrack, buying new songs in novel ways. Take down an enemy and you can loot his or her body, stealing things like credit cards and jewelry that can be pawned. The proceeds from such crime can also be used to buy health upgrades and other attributes.

You can unlock videos and — at 50 Cent's apartment — pair beats with freestyle raps to create your own tracks.

Expect plenty of 50 Cent this holiday season as the movie, its soundtrack and the game (PS2, Xbox and PSP) all come out.


Source: http://www.globetechnology.com/servl...NStory/AtPlay/

Man, too much gangster shit IMO.
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Old 07-24-2005, 11:57 PM   #2
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Oh boy, all the wiggers are going to go crazy over this one. Expect huge sales, honestly. How sad is that?
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Old 07-25-2005, 12:02 AM   #3
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As one might expect, the game is not for the faint-hearted. As 50 Cent explains succinctly early on in the game, if you're a friend, he's got your back for life. If you're an enemy, the world's not big enough to hide.

Either way, expect bullets to fly, blood to spill and enough potty-mouthed dialogue to last a lifetime.

Executive producer Andre Emerson calls Bulletproof "the ultimate fusion of entertainment mediums," bringing together music, video, gaming and storytelling.


The music business always talk about copyright and shit, yet they participate in this people stabbing, walk around shooting, bloody game. How ironic!! :fist:
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aint no shit, chekidout... yo :roll:
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