Date a Playmate


Ever been to Louisiana? I have. In addition to being an incredibly hot swamp with water no man is to swim in under any circumstances, ever, it's also the home of The Big Easy. A quick walk down New Orleans' own Bourbon Street is like a trip through some kind of booze fueled, pornographic heaven/hell.

There's nothing quite like drinking seven glasses of whiskey under a 1200 degree sun at high noon and then chasing it down with four Hurricanes in 350% humidity as some underage girl gleefully "dispenses" quarters like a vending machine from places no coin should enter. Then there's the gibberish they call English. When a guy waves at you like crazy and says something that sounds like, "Beeyo-tang, butta, bo dat ta tang mo," he's either asking if he can have a cigarette or considerately bringing to your attention the swarm of ravenous mosquitoes that is about to murder you.

The connection to Majesco's own cross-platform actioner BloodRayne is clear... The vampiric star of that game is a sexy girl. Parts of that game take place in spooky Louisiana. Boys will play the game. Boys like alcohol, smoking, Playboy, ungodly heat, and 350% humidity. Combine them all and get Majesco's Playboy Playmate to carry your drunk-ass around New Orleans contest.

So why the hell wouldn't you want to win a guided tour through New Orleans by a Playmate? It's finally your chance to see if the airbrushed centerfolds really are robots. Will she sweat when the sun shines so bright it lights concrete on fire? Will the layers of make-up peel away and run in the thick, moist, Louisianan air? Can she also hold many household appliances with the strength of her private parts alone?

If you're the lucky grand prize winner of the Majesco/Playboy.com collaborative contest, you'll discover the answers to these and many more questions, like why New Orleans is always the place videogame characters fight zombies, ghosts, ghouls, and zombie-ghosts.

Ken Gold, Vice President of Marketing for Majesco, put down his Hurricane and bushel of pornographic pamphlets long enough to say this:

    "We consider our 'BloodRayne in the Bayou' contest to be one of the most exciting facets of our overall marketing campaign because the target audience of Playboy.com dovetails perfectly with that of the game. Our promotion should resonate with visitors of Playboy.com as well as with the core video game player, and end up being mutually beneficial for both companies."

The sweepstakes starts two days ago and will run through the 24th of November, a good month after the game has been released. On that date, one lucky, randomly selected bloke will be on his way to grope a playmate. Don't worry, if you don't get the girl or are a girl and don't want the girl, you can still win copies of BloodRayne, provided you're one of 10 runner-up contestants.

Look for the game in stores on Halloween. What a spooky coincidence! I smell devilry.

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