Of course, Brooker being Brooker there were a few more choice words thrown in there for good measure. Charlie Brooker took to twitter, roundly condemning the trailer as being aimed at “base, clueless imbeciles” and it had “set the games industry back 27 years”. Keza MacDonalds’ IGN piece chewed up and spat out the trailer, condemning it as nothing but tasteless, misogynistic violence-porn. It has elicited some fairly robust responses from games journalists and commentators. It is exactly the kind of device developers use to catch our eye and make us exclaim, “OMGWTFBBQ!? That’s awesome!” Two things continue to baffle me about this trailer however: why the nuns, guys? And just what in the Sam Hill is going on here? The video is a spectacular display of CGI, it is brutal and visceral and I can’t deny that it’s an engaging trailer. He then inexplicably pops up behind them and dispatches them with ruthless efficiency (now that I’ve written it down I’ve realised just how daft it sounds). It depicts the enigmatic Agent 47 patching himself up in a rundown motel before being cornered by a posse of gun toting assassin nuns in pvc/rubber cat suits. It was my light hearted way of easing into the current hot button topic of whether IO Interactive have over stepped the mark with their latest pre-E3 trailer for Hitman: Absolution, “Attack of the Saints”. Ok, so in the interests of full disclosure I did spend five minutes before I started writing this article looking for nun puns. The first post comes from film maker and avid PC gamer, Grant discussing IO’s controversial new trailer for Hitman: Absolution. The response was far greater than I expected with a fair few people getting back to me wanting to write about quite an eclectic range of things! I recently put out a call on Social Gadget’s Facebook page looking for contributors, whether it be in the from of guest posts, or tips on stories the SG community would like to be covered.
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