Skyline Owl
Neo Member
I'm sorry, what? Yikes.
To be fair, it does look like a stock photo though.
To be fair, it does look like a stock photo though.
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Body of assassinated Russian diplomat used in Telltale's Batman game.
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I meant more for this game.
I bet telltale uses a lot of google image searched images....
Lucky Seven
Banned
Now this is new. Hopefully this is from one of those outsourced companies that takes things straight from google search, rather than some sick joke.
Blitzrules240
Banned
Someone is getting fired and then some.
This is incredibly ignorant and horrifying.
Fucking hell, Telltale.
This is incredibly ignorant and horrifying.
Fucking hell, Telltale.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Someone probably saw it, thought it was a stock image, and used it thinking it wouldn't be a problem.
They need to patch it out, apologize, and the artist needs to probably take an unpaid leave for a little while.
Unless it was willful, in which case fuck that.
Lightning_Roller
Banned
Whoever did that is sooooooo fucked.
Sky Walker
Member
Reminds me of Hong Kong 97 lol
Woah dear. It even looks incongruent with the artstyle. How did this happen?
Wait, what? I'll have to look into this.
Wait, what? I'll have to look into this.
If you mistake the image that is the subject of this article
for a stock photo then you are just an idiot. There is no excuse for this.
sleepwalkcapsules
Member
That's absurd.
How?
There's so many stock image options, why use a real image? Who thought this was a good idea?
How?
There's so many stock image options, why use a real image? Who thought this was a good idea?
Salty Rice
Member
Prepare for
If you mistake the image that is the subject of this article:
for a stock photo then you are just an idiot. There is no excuse for this.
I thought it was a screenshot from a film or TV show at first glance (and if I'd seen it in another context I may not have realised that it wasn't). The only thing that could've tipped me off that it wasn't is that it looks a bit too grainy for that but I can totally see how someone could think it wasn't real. But then again, I am an idiot. Apparently.
ThatsMytrunks
Member
Sure, if you found the photo from that article. I do think it's a moment of incompetence from the Telltale artist that pulled it, but I don't think it was a knowing reference. There's just no reality where they found the article, read the article, and decided "yeah it'll be tasteful to use this actual murder victim as an asset in my fictional video game". I'm arguing about negligence vs purposeful wrong-doing.
st1nk nuts
Member
Wow same as the destiny thread. Is every single person supposed to know about every event in every country for the last million years? Holy shit, if I saw that photo I would have no idea what it was from.
Best plagiarism defense.
LordKasual
Banned
To be completely fair, that photo looks in no way shape or form real.
it honestly does look like a stock photo, i had to do research to see that it's actually an image of a real dead man.
it honestly does look like a stock photo, i had to do research to see that it's actually an image of a real dead man.
The assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey was a big deal, yes, and it happened 9 months ago. It's not some far flung event from the past. Being on gaming side doesn't give you license to be as ignorant as Telltale.
Buddy Mcpuddy
Member
How does this even happen?
CharminUltra
Member
What is this what
He would be an idiot for not confirming the source of the material he's using, especially for a game that's freaking licensed.
But that does look like a stock photo.
ScientificPizza
Banned
hahahaha
Demoskinos
Member
Reverse Image search is a thing now. Like ten seconds could have saved this person the incoming shitstorm coming for them.
TurboButts
Member
If you mistake the image that is the subject of this article
for a stock photo then you are just an idiot. There is no excuse for this.
oh, sorry i don't know the winners of the "World Press Photo contest"
This is an understandable line of thinking given how amazingly good the picture is. Problem is, that just means that the artist at Telltale thought they were plagiarizing a movie instead of an AP journalist. It's still plagiarism.
benicillin
Banned
I think you're being incredibly generous with how many people in America would a) pay attention to that and b) recognize that event in the photo as an actual event.
Battlechili
Banned
Not everyone watches the news and not everyone knows of these sorts of contests. I certainly didn't know of this contest.If you mistake the image that is the subject of this article
for a stock photo then you are just an idiot. There is no excuse for this.
I thought the main source of the outrage was that it was a real corpse. Didn't mean to excuse them using copyrighted material.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
st1nk nuts
Member
I really doubt artists reverse image search everything they use, that would take far too long when you're under the gun. Especially in this case when it looks to be a stock photo.
Is it okay to use first image from google in a commercial product nowadays?
HotchieMotchie
Neo Member
No, but also, like, if you're sourcing a photo for a project, you should at least know where the photo is from.
Also, the only way this could've happened is if the designer got the photo off of GIS. Doctoring the photo and using it in a commercial product is almost definitely violating whatever copyright the photographer has on the photo. He could probably sue Telltale for using it. What they SHOULD have done is just bought a generic photo off of a stock site.
As someone who works in the media industry this is basically photo editing 101. Using a photo you don't have the rights to is a recipe for disaster.
keltickennedy
Member
If you mistake the image that is the subject of this article
for a stock photo then you are just an idiot. There is no excuse for this.
Of course, EVERYONE knows about the World Press Photo Contest...
No but you would expect the artist and/or legal team to do the barest minimum of due diligence on any piece of work not internally created, so as prevent from things like this occurring.
HotchieMotchie
Neo Member
If you're using a photo for a commercial product, you need to check the source to make sure you're not violating a copyright. A simple reverse search of the image would've probably brought that article up and it takes all of two seconds to do, just right click the image and click on "Search Google for this image."
The fact that this passed an editing process is a huge failure on Telltale's part. My boss would rake me and my editor through the coals if I did something like this at the site I work for.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
Polioliolio
Member
Oh my god. And here we thought that Uncharted 4 Assassin's Creed stock art was a huge fuck up..
truestatic
Member
Temp art made it to launch? Jesus that's some shit.
Lol I don't think Telltale even knows what a patch is
MrFortyFive
Member
Holy shit. This has been out for a while, right? Crazy that this made it into the game and that it went unnoticed for this long.
This episode was released a couple of days ago.
moltonasty
Member
How could they think this is ok to put in the game? Incredibly distasteful tbh.
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