I think I mentioned yesterday that I would probably still be able to rent Manhunt 2. I was wrong.

Gamefly and Blockbuster won’t be carrying it. Other game rental stores probably won’t carry it, either.

Or: Everything I ever needed to know about marketing, I learned from Rockstar.

Remember the original Manhunt? Yeah, neither do I, really. I remember that, after it quietly slipped onto the shelves, there were little bits of this and that about how violent it was. Then some kid was killed near the box, and, well, you just can’t pass up a game like that, can’ you? It influences people to kill, even when they don’t own it.

Or something. I wasn’t really paying much attention back then.
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