Deep Silver Apologizes for Mutilated Dead Island Torso

[xdiesp]

Puritans are more embarassed with bare skin than absolute gore.

 

[Earthmonger]

Guess I'm another of the select few, that don't understand the outrage. It's meat. So what. Is combining sex appeal with gore suddenly a taboo?

If any of these make it to retail they'll be worth some money. Collector's item for sure. Seems like it was a good idea to me.

 

[Seneschal]

"For the limited run of the Zombie Bait Edition for Europe and Australia, a decision was made to include a gruesome statue of a zombie torso, which was cut up like many of our fans had done to the undead enemies in the original Dead Island."

Except you can't actually do that in Dead Island, you sleazy hack. Don't try and spin this like it was some kind of playful homage to the gameplay.

I love that part. So passive-aggressive. "We're soooo sorry that we made you this accurate representation of what you've been doing in our games. You monster. Yeah, we're sorry that we've exposed your hypocrisy. Terribly, flagellantly sorry. Deepest apologies, monster-that-has-asked-for-this."

 

[Coffeejack]

D'you ever get that feeling of déjà vu?

 

[PunkRex]

I know theres alot of debate when it comes to wether or not somethings sexist but for me, the nail in that particular coffin is (and I know it seems kind of cold to hold this above morales/concideration) wether or not something is stupid... this is really, REALLY fucking stupid, who the fuck would want that!?

 

[Proverbial Jon]

Deep Silver's marketing dept. really must think were a bunch of mindless idiots.

A decision was made to include a gruesome statue of a zombie torso, which was cut up like many of our fans had done to the undead enemies in the original Dead Island.

They honestly seem surprised that the actions we take in video games aren't the ones we want reproduced in real life. I think this inference insults me far more than the actual product; at least I can ignore the product.

Ok, I have a question for you folks:

Would you buy this? And if so, would you still buy it if it were a male torso?

I'm not judging anyone, I'm genuinely curious.

Gender makes no difference to me. I can't say this product would appeal to me in any form. If I wanted a collectible item from a game that I enjoyed it would more than likely be something positive, probably a statuette of the hero or a supporting character. This is just so blatantly repulsive; I would gain no emotional benefit from having it in my home.

 

[Susan Arendt]

Ok, I have a question for you folks:

Would you buy this? And if so, would you still buy it if it were a male torso?

I'm not judging anyone, I'm genuinely curious.

 

[PunkRex]

Is it wrong I think the torso is cute and I want one?
I don't really see a problem with it except maybe people in Britain might get upset that their flag is a bikini.

Dude/dudette, you never seen the Spice Girls? Thats just a thing over here.

 

[PunkRex]

Ok, I have a question for you folks:

Would you buy this? And if so, would you still buy it if it were a male torso?

I'm not judging anyone, I'm genuinely curious.

No, its not smart or creative, theres games I play were the sex appeals a 'thing' but this... thats just crap, un-imaginative, not funny... I just don't see who thought this up... and what the point is... I GOT NOTHING!

 

[Seneschal]

So if it was a DUDE, folks wouldn't be up in arms?

Damn sexists!

You know who's been considered a trophy, a thing to look at, a lump of primary sexual characteristics, a faceless object with no agency, to be sold throughout history?

Not dudes.

 

[D Moness]

Ok, I have a question for you folks:

Would you buy this? And if so, would you still buy it if it were a male torso?

I'm not judging anyone, I'm genuinely curious.

depends on how buff it would have been made. I do not fancy buff looking guys.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

Ok, I have a question for you folks:

Would you buy this? And if so, would you still buy it if it were a male torso?

I'm not judging anyone, I'm genuinely curious.

I would buy it if it was male, female or Cthulhu shaped. I think its kind of silly to look at and it would be nice to have on my currently barren shelf.

And if they released a brutalized male lower half I'd be even happier cuz then I can mix and match

 

[ZLAY]

What on Earth were they thinking?

It isn't because it's sexist, it's because how stupid and untasteful this thing is.

I mean come the fuck on, it is truth that male torso wouldn't bring such an uproar, but do you really think that guys that made this had thoughts like: "Well equality you see! These kind of things happens to girls too!" -No. Of course not. It was if anything on the level of: "Hey! Look! Blood & Gore & TITS!".

 

[MrGalactus]

Not getting this. What's wrong with it?

 

[search_rip]

"we are sorry about this decision, we've rectified and now we are launching 'Dead Island: Riptide - Dead Stiff Edition' wich will include a male zombie groin statue" *rofl*

 

[Matt Dellar]

I can see why this is controversial, but I'm not offended by it. I've seen attractive girls dead/dismembered on screen before (Mortal Kombat has fatalities that essentially turn a female character into that thing).

All the same, I'd never buy it because, even if I'm okay with it existing, I have no use for it, or for collectible figures in general. That and I find zombies to be mind-numbingly boring unless they're surrounded by interesting characters, e.g. Last of Us or Left 4 Dead.

 

[Baresark]

Meh, no big loss there. I think people completely blew it out of proportion. They were calling is misogynistic and pornographic, and they all looked like morons doing it. They were referring to it as oversexualized and sexist(which says a lot more about them than it does the piece). People even tried saying that torso sculptures don't actually exist, which isn't remotely true. That said, it's a god awful ugly piece and I don't know why anyone would want to own one. It's fine that it exists as it's completely in the context of the game. The internet is far too sensitive anymore. As a person formally educated in Fine Arts, I'm glad the internet didn't exist for the vast majority of human history. When push comes to shove, this piece has incited far more emotional reaction than a great many things sitting in museums. The original sculptor should be proud, to be honest. But still, god awful ugly.

 

[Earthmonger]

Ok, I have a question for you folks:

Would you buy this? And if so, would you still buy it if it were a male torso?

I'm not judging anyone, I'm genuinely curious.

As a stand-alone retail item? No.

As part of a multi-faceted collector's edition? Yes. It's definitely unique.

It certainly beats the factory bent-up pewter Ordinator figurine I got with Morrowind, back in the day.

If it were a male torso, I'd rather it be a plushie, so I could use it as a pillow.

 

[Baresark]

Not getting this. What's wrong with it?

There is nothing wrong with the piece, the thing that is wrong is people. The sensitive sensitive internet got all up in a tizzy about nothing at all. Just like it usually does.

 

[Dr Killpatient]

Ok, I have a question for you folks:

Would you buy this? And if so, would you still buy it if it were a male torso?

I'm not judging anyone, I'm genuinely curious.

Yes, I would, if I was a fan of zombie games/movies/books. I would totally buy it.

The thing is that Dead Island was to me mildly entertaining experience, and one that I'm not that much interested in revisiting again. But if I was a zombie fan and had really enjoyed the game, I wouldn't mind having this little "piece" in my collection of zombie memorabilia.

Would I buy it if it were a male torso?

What a silly question to ask.

Deep Silver obviously knows its audience and the fact that most of them are men or teenage boys. Market dictates the demand, and having this female torso with well-formed (probably silicon filled) breasts as an incentive makes absolutely and totally sense.

Is it sexist? Yes, probably.
Is it misogynistic? No. I like my women without heads - they talk less (now THAT was misogynistic, and also a joke).
Is it good taste? It's a zombie game. It's meant to have bad taste.

What continues to amaze me is a small populace of vocal whiners, who were most likely not from UK (remember this was for UK collection only), who managed to whine and complain and thanks to that, in the end, deny something from others that they were not interested in themselves in a first place.

Now that's what makes ME upset.