Shabam.
Double shabam.
I just want to say something.
IF I EVER BECOME SUPER SUCCESSFUL AND KNOWN AND REVERED AROUND THE WORLD, AND THEN DIE EARLY DUE TO UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES, ANYONE WANTING TO USE MY LIKENESS IN ANY CAPACITY WILL BE ALLOWED TO DO SO. IF THAT MEANS I BECOME A BREAKDANCING SPACE PIRATE OR WHATEVER, SO BE IT.
AND IF ANYONE GETS PISSED OFF BECAUSE MY LIKENESS IS PARTICIPATING IN RIDICULOUS ACTS, GET OVER IT. NO ONE'S THAT IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE ABOVE BEING INVOLVED IN SOMETHING STUPID AND HARMLESS.
Argh.
So I haven't played the game, but couldn't Johnny Cash get involved in the same hijinks as well? Why isn't there the same outcry? Also, can we be sure that John Lennon would want people playing as him in video game? Maybe he would find the fact that millions will be pretending to be him to be an unsettling form of hero worship, no matter how respectful the game might be. Why aren't we respecting the dead, for cripes sake?
OK, so maybe I should have made this point earlier (I sort of rushed this entire entry... well I rush every entry. But still), and I am by no means a Nirvana/Cobain expert, but didn't he sort of hate his fame? At least that's the impression I get. And if that's so, why would he be "rolling in his grave" if something takes his likeness and puts him in ludicrous situations? Wouldn't tarnishing his legacy be somewhat welcome if one disliked the notoriety so much?
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