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Wednesday, November 1, 2006

New Games Opening Journalism Spotlight: Mexico

wiiopening.jpgFor those who didn't believe us last time, we have further proof that pictures of guys opening boxes is slowly taking over games journalism, and it is hot hot stuff folks!

Mexico-based Atomix magazine has posted an exclusive pictorial of some Mexican guys in free promo T-shirts opening a Wii. In true New Games Opening Journalism fashion, every detail of the box opening is carefully documented, including the part where a guy - the only guy without a mustache - can't help but peel back the Wii's flap and take a whiff.

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Also featured: a man with a woman's mustache wearing a pink Every Extend Extra shirt, people pointing at things, and that crappy longsleeve PlayStation 3 promotional shirt they gave out at a press event that I ended up tipping a bartender with.

We can't find the original source of these photos, unfortunately; they were lifted from the GameSpot-hosted blog of one Adolfo Sanchez. We don't know who Adolfo is, but judging by his latest entry, which says "Remember the best info,,and pics only here...," we're left to assume that he's a video game journalist. Perhaps the finest video game journalist our world has ever known.

Comments

Eso es! Nuevo Periodismo de los Juegos! Fantastico!

oh god these two package opening articles both really cracked me up: [ gj

I have a thing for cool packaging, and the Wii deffinetly is way up there as some of the coolest packaging going. That said, this is one of the poorest examples of unboxing I have seen. Take pictures of the items, not your hand/head/coworkers.

Amatures.

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