• iPhone 5 PR Stunt Ends in Disaster
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Defiantly fake, sorry everyone! Have the source anyway: [url]http://www.techoftomorrow.com/2012/news/iphone-5-pr-stunt-ends-in-disaster/[/url]
came in expecting apple managing to somehow kill someone with iphones left disappointed it's a completely different thing
That is fucking hilarious
It wasnt an iphone PR stunt, just a game on iOS.
[quote]"Most of them were listening to heavy metal music while operating the machinery."[/quote] Says something about the target heavy metal demographic
sensationalist title this is just some terrible app stunt
What the fuck? How could this happen? Edit: its fake.
Like something out of a action/comedy. Although a lot more terrifying because its real.
[QUOTE]Tork, the Yumby foreman in charge, is quoted as having said, “They told us the building was condemned.”[/QUOTE] shows how much people care about the poor "oh that building with famlies in it? Yeah it's condemned"
No way they're serious about prosecuting yumbies and all that bullshit. Has to be fake.
[QUOTE=koeniginator;37820595]Says something about the target heavy metal demographic[/QUOTE] and here i was gonna make a post about how someone will eventually blame heavy metal for this congratulations
[B]ITS NOT REAL DONT WORRY ITS JUST A PR STUNT BY THE COMPANY [I]IT DIDNT REALLY HAPPEN!!!!![/I][/B]
Wait, some of you actually thought this was real in the first place?
Oh lord, this is rich. Couldn't they have exercised more caution?
[QUOTE=Trainbike;37820728]Wait, some of you actually thought this was real in the first place?[/QUOTE] Going by the way its written, it could be
[QUOTE=WingedAssailant;37820739]Going by the way its written, it could be[/QUOTE] No. [quote]All Yumbies are being held without bail until the trial, while the San Francisco district attorney looks into whether game characters can be prosecuted.[/quote] That pretty much self-confirmed it as fake.
This thread is proof that the PR stunt went perfectly.
[QUOTE=koeniginator;37820595]Says something about the target heavy metal demographic[/QUOTE] You do realize that this about the music being too loud right? Same thing would've happened if they were listening to any other genre of music. /e: well no shit it's fake, who would demolition a building as an add for an Ios game?
[QUOTE=Trainbike;37820763] That pretty much self-confirmed it as fake.[/QUOTE] The soul reason not to post articles without scanning through it at 1:30AM Sorry to the people thinking its real! my mistake Possible to lock thread?
"About PlayGearz PlayGearz is a mobile games studio located in San Francisco, California. PlayGearz develops and publishes apps and games for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone & iPad on iOS 6, as well as Google's (GOOG) Android, Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle Fire, Facebook (FB), and Barnes & Noble (BKS) Nook. If you haven't guessed already, the Yumbies are fictional characters who inhabit the PlayGearz games. Although they enjoy smashing things, it typically doesn't cause physical damage or add to San Francisco's housing problems." that was in the press release owned
[QUOTE] All Yumbies are being held without bail until the trial, while the San Francisco district attorney looks into whether game characters can be prosecuted.[/QUOTE] this guy is really bad at writing fake articles
[QUOTE=latin_geek;37820788]this guy is really bad at writing fake articles[/QUOTE] i honestly thought some guy was being a smartass writing the press release until i realized it was fake.
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