Yes, this is apparently a real game.
Link to stunningly weird screenshot
I am sort of stunned that Burger King continues in its quixotic quest to associate its corporate image as some sort of sexual predator.
So when deranged MMO fans capture me and put me in a deep hole, I do hope they lower me tasty BURGER KING(tm) treats! Or it gets the hose.
#1 by Megaera on October 2nd, 2006
It takes the burger and fries in, or it gets hose again!
#2 by Skelanth on October 2nd, 2006
Lead us to the promised MMOG… or… or… nevermind. /SOB
#3 by Aufero on October 2nd, 2006
Just when I thought Burger King commercials couldn’t get any creepier.
#4 by almagill on October 3rd, 2006
Even if it wasn’t for the fact that I don’t want to eat random ‘meat’ that’s first been broiled then torched, filling the street outside with a stinking blue smoke that I’ve only ever seen/tasted in one other place… incineration pits where they destroyed diseased livestock during the Foot and Mouth outbreak here a few years back, that fricking King just makes me want to run as far away from BK as possible.
OK, waddle. Too many ‘random meat products’ as a teen
#5 by Evangolis on October 3rd, 2006
The power of a bad idea is staggering.
#6 by Jayce on October 3rd, 2006
Seriously… I would love to know what Burger King’s marketing is thinking. “Have it your way”? I have news: there are pretty much statistically zero restaurants in the western world in which you CAN’T have it your way. Way to distinguish yourself there, smart guys.
So yeah, this doesn’t surprise me.
#7 by Andy on October 3rd, 2006
the “have it your way” slogan was put together back when their main competitor was McDonald’s, where you would go and say “hamburger” or “cheeseburger” and that was pretty much your options… asking for a customised meal involved waiting (gasp!) for them to -make- your meal. instead of grabbing one off the little delivery slide.
#8 by =j on October 3rd, 2006
E… eat random \’e2\’80\’98meat\’e2\’80\’99 that\’e2\’80\’99s first been broiled then torched, filling the street outside with a stinking blue smoke that I\’e2\’80\’99ve only ever seen/tasted in one other place\’e2\’80\’a6 incineration pits where they destroyed diseased livestock during the Foot and Mouth outbreak here a few years back…
Damn it. Now, I’m hungry. =[
#9 by Jason on October 3rd, 2006
It rubs the mayonnaise on its skin!
#10 by Boanerges on October 3rd, 2006
Well, consider BK’s demographic. It’s mostly guys. The whole BK Joe thing (complete with contruction workers in the ad) was for guys who didn’t want to drive through Starbucks where they were served by a man who had too many buttons undone on his shirt and who looked a little too longingly at them. So cheap Xbox games fits like a glove.
#11 by Oz on October 3rd, 2006
Creepy!
The image for some reason warps the whole font page for me too, but could be this creezy work browzer.
#12 by Neep on October 3rd, 2006
I hate burger king, but will probably buy a meal just for the privlage of buying the games.
Yes, I’m a consumer whore, but the look interestingly funny. I remember McDonalds had a video game on the NES, and the SNES (I loved the SNES one) Burger king might as well do the same, and might do as well!
#13 by Simond on October 3rd, 2006
That pic needs ‘Where Is Your God Now?’
#14 by Jurrasic on October 3rd, 2006
He’s waiting to sodomize young girls in an ambush from the trashcan from the looks of it, Simond.
#15 by Freakazoid on October 3rd, 2006
I don’t get you people who hate BK. Their burgers are delicious! I particularly like their angus burger (very messy) and their classic chicken burger. The creepy BK guy is just a bonus marketing gimmic.
Americans should feel lucky to have such a catering restaurant culture. Typical foreign restaurants will not cater to their customers so much, simply because they offend the cook’s tastes.
#16 by Elistor on October 3rd, 2006
Am I the only one who thinks that screenshot looks like he’s cowering in the trashcan terrified of the woman?
#17 by chabuhi on October 4th, 2006
I have about $2500 in bills from my shrink for the psychological damage I’ve been trying to undo since this plastic, giant-headed boogerman came onto the scene.
This dude is completely the stuff from whence are all nightmares begotten … thusly.
(See? It’s not working!)
#18 by Grimwell on October 4th, 2006
I worked at BK for two months in high school. I do not eat at BK as an adult. There is a direct relationship between those two events. The food at BK is horrible, even for fast food…
That said, I love the King and the creepy level of fun in the commercials. I won’t rush out to get these games, but I think it’s funny in a twisted sort of manner that the Baby Boomers don’t/won’t/can’t get. BK is going after the youth market with this stuff.
Plus it leads to wonderfully NSFW parodies like this:
NSFW
#19 by heather on October 4th, 2006
Aieeee. The King creeps me out and makes me never want to return to BK. What’s odd though is… it’s working. Their sales have increased since they started that campaign. Recognizability trumps ick factor every time, apparently.
#20 by K.L. on October 5th, 2006
The guy from “30 Days” is going to go the Burger King route this time, but instead of eating only the food, he’s going to live with the Burger King, eat Whoppers, and emerge after 30 days a flaming homosexual.