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Kweli Stars in New Video Game

Submitted by AkiraLi

Edited by illstabyou

Talib Kweli, an accomplished solo artist and one half of Black Star, will provide the voice for the main character in a new video game.

Kweli will voice Trane, described by Atari as "an outcast and rebel determined to establish his credibility in the politically oppressive city of New Radius, but who ultimately becomes the unlikely leader of an urban revolution." Trane will help stir the masses by painting graffiti murals in dangerous and public locales, in what "promises to be an homage to graffiti's rich culture.


The PS2 exclusive, "Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure", is due to hit store shelves in September of this year.

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Jeff_Fries

Jeff_Fries

Humptulips, WA
September 2003

JAN 11, 2005 07:03 PM

Oh man, this sounds terrible.

dingoes8

dingoes8

Milwaukee, WI
March 2004

JAN 11, 2005 07:10 PM

Talib Kweli is awesome. But this sounds like a GTA clone. Never clone things that suck to begin with.

[Edited on Jan 11, 2005 by dingoes8]

AkiraLi

AkiraLi

Norristown, PA
March 2003

JAN 11, 2005 07:22 PM

dingoes8 said:
Talib Kweli is awesome. But this sounds like a GTA clone. Never clone things that suck to begin with.

[Edited on Jan 11, 2005 by dingoes8]


Ok, I'm not gonna touch your flawed assessment of GTA; but how does a game about graffitti sound like a game about the criminal underworld? If you asked me it sounds more like Jet Grind Radio.

mister_x

mister_x

Plano, TX
January 2003

JAN 11, 2005 08:23 PM

i just want another game with graff as a game element already damnit!

Ebolarama

Ebolarama

Saint Charles, MO
November 2004

JAN 11, 2005 08:26 PM

I saw a preview for this game a while ago in a magazine. It actually looks pretty decent.

tombombai

tombombai

Chehalis, WA
June 2004

JAN 11, 2005 08:40 PM

I think it would be a different approach to a game. Like Need For speeds Porche unleashed. you actiouly learned something from it.

dingoes8

dingoes8

Milwaukee, WI
March 2004

JAN 11, 2005 08:44 PM

Akira said:

dingoes8 said:
Talib Kweli is awesome. But this sounds like a GTA clone. Never clone things that suck to begin with.

[Edited on Jan 11, 2005 by dingoes8]


Ok, I'm not gonna touch your flawed assessment of GTA; but how does a game about graffitti sound like a game about the criminal underworld? If you asked me it sounds more like Jet Grind Radio.


I'm just not a fan. Nothing against those who are smile Because there are a lot more of you and you all could tear me apart.

But aren't there graffitti missions in the new one? --Wait. I guess I misread the original post. I didn't really catch the urban revolution part. Yeah, that's not exactly the same.

Still, I couldn't see this game being made 5 years ago, before GTA 3. There really weren't many games in "realistic" modern urban settings.

Monica

Monica

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

JAN 11, 2005 09:55 PM

i love talib kweli!! thats all i really have to say..

Koenigsegg

Koenigsegg

I'm lost
July 2004

JAN 11, 2005 09:57 PM

Akira said:
"an outcast and rebel determined to establish his credibility in the politically oppressive city of New Radius, but who ultimately becomes the unlikely leader of an urban revolution."



*shakes head*
that game was good the first 886 times i played it

[Edited on Jan 12, 2005 by Koenigsegg]

AkiraLi

AkiraLi

Norristown, PA
March 2003

JAN 11, 2005 10:46 PM

*reads headline again*
Fuck! I should've said "Kweli (Black)Stars in New Video Game"
*kicks self* blackeyed

Boywithheart

Boywithheart

Woodland, CA
January 2005

JAN 12, 2005 12:04 AM

stupid.

charmer

charmer

Loomis, CA
January 2005

JAN 12, 2005 12:55 AM

stupid? but urban revolutions are neat, yo. and fun, don't forget fun. especially if they occur on ps2.

FireBrand

FireBrand

South River, NJ
December 2004

JAN 12, 2005 06:21 AM

read an article in game informer about this a while ago, found a link to some pics and news stories ign.com marc eko. The write up sounded pretty good, also they said the main method of travel is "Free Running" known in Europe better as "Parkour" which was cool because it is somthing of a hobby of mine here is a wikipedia entry on parkour and here is a Parkour group's website watch the vids of the free runners practicing and what not, its friggin awsome.
Any way if the game can accurately recreate the feeling of free running and not over embelish it, the game could be some wonderfull hybrid of Jet Set Radio and Tenchu. Interview with Ecko about game

super

super

United Kingdom
November 2004

JAN 12, 2005 02:02 PM

Kweli!! Lets see how this turns out... if anything at least the soundtrack will be good.

MFZACH

MFZACH

Port Richey, FL
January 2005

JAN 12, 2005 08:32 PM

greenthought said:
Kweli!! Lets see how this turns out... if anything at least the soundtrack will be good.



cant disagree with that

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