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Grand Theft Auto cocaine mirror. The best promotional giveaway ever

arstechnica.com — Did Rockstar have a lot of "party" in their GTA III launch party?

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  • dmoney22, on 10/12/2007, -27/+11awesome
    • birdadderley, on 10/12/2007, -34/+16sweet. Now my friends don't have to make lines on the kitchen counter anymore!
  • briankoenig03, on 10/12/2007, -3/+64How has this gone through 3 media outlets, plus all the ebay coverage, and nobody has mentioned that there is no way possible it's from the "GTA III launch party" as he says. The logo in the corner of the mirror is very clearly shown, and it is the Vice City logo.
    • VRFour, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25I'm skeptical, too, as it looks a little "homemade" to me. You'd also think we would have heard about this shortly after the launch party if they actually were given out there.
    • bshniper, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18No kidding. This must be a fake. Easy enough to make from the game material and a mirror, though. I wonder if he doesn't have a hundred of them and is planning to make a mint.
    • BlackCow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18What a goos idea. Stick a conterversial video game's images to a mirror, mention drugs, and bring attention to it on your blogg and digg. Sell it, see how much you get. So far noone has bidded on the ebay autction.
    • affanjam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Digg users should be detectives.
  • shampoovta, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11 Like the ones you use to get at the fair back in the day.
    That and feathered roach clips.;)
  • chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15Turok heroin needles!
  • dickhedtracy, on 10/12/2007, -18/+3LOL way to rub it in to those politicians! good job rockstar
  • Bitcypher, on 10/12/2007, -2/+45Anyone else think this is just a normal mirror with some stickers on it... ?
    • r2d7, on 10/12/2007, -9/+19Yes but all the "drugs are cool" kids like it anyway. Stay tuned for monologues on why drugs should be legal, why RockStar are cool for "sticking it to the man" and all that jazz.
    • templest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29Coke would get clogged on corners of stickers.
      Makes for a useless coke mirror. I have to agree with you.

      I think it's just supposed to be a gimmick, but not meant for actual use.
      Kinda like how they sell lightsabers that don't actually cut stuff. :/
    • chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11It's not stickers. I was given one of these by R* around the time VC was launched along with a big box of t-shirts and other crap.

      I had no idea that's what it was, I thought it was just a mirror.

      i'm such a drug n00b.
  • inverno34, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2how come no one else thinks this thing looks totally fake. like he cut the pictures out of a mag and taped them on there.
    • kenyon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Nah - of course not. It's so funny though, imagine them handing these things out at the launch party.

      P.S. I don't care if it's fake, it still gets my big, shiny, power boated in from South America by a guy wearing a blue sports jacket with the sleeves rolled up digg.
  • gk128, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12It is for GTA: Vice City. Obviously people can't read.

    Now with that aside... this is a mock cocaine mirror. Vice City opens with a cocaine deal gone wrong. Not to mention the whole coke fad in the 80s.

    I don't believe Rockstar intended anyone to snort blow with this thing, but it sure was made to look like you could.
  • BillDoE, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Probably won that at the fair, tossing rings at 2 liter bottles.
  • schlongmeister, on 10/12/2007, -4/+76I prefer to do my coke the old-fashioned way, off a stripper's ass...
    • KnckrBckr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+34I do.
    • templest, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Ah, I see you're a Frank Sinatra fan.
    • astrotrain, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Except if she farts, then it blows it all over....resembling a powered donuts factory exploding...*** PPpPPPFT!** **Poof!**

  • wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Sometimes Rockstar is their own worst enemy. I would love to know whose bright idea this was. I understand that they probably did this tounge in cheek, but the Jack Thompsons and Hildabeasts of the world use this as ammunition.
  • kenyon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That's so classy. Let's hope "the man" don't hear about this.
  • QuimZ, on 10/12/2007, -17/+2That's great, I believe whole-heartedly that Rockstar has the balls to hand a promo item like that. Whether it's a fake or not, who cares. I don't do coke, but I think it's pretty sweet.

    LET ME GET A THUMBS UP IF YA WANNA DO LINES OFF A HOOKERS NAVEL!
    • KnckrBckr, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Thumbs UP, I like when they do a line off my prick too...

      I think all these haters are missing point. This is a party gimmick. The game is about coke, hookers, crime, guns, jacking firetrucks and so on. Sure this game will influence the kids who get ahold of the game, but we have to remember the rest of the market are those of us who acutally infringe on this lifestyle or at least fantasize about it. What else should we be doing after we're down to one gram, all the hookers have gove home to their families, and we'll all done "trying" to jerk off... GTA baby.
  • rubored, on 10/12/2007, -19/+4I want one.
    I will pay up to $250 for an original GTA mirror (Australian).
    I have PayPal, and anyone wishing to converse on the subject, please contact me.
    Cheers Diggers.
    • Rivetgeek, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8I have one.

      I have a bridge to sell you too if youre interested.
    • Madh2orat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Hey, i'll sell you one, it will be homeade, but i can make a sticker and put it on a miror.
      And if you really want, i can get a bigger mirror, (longer lines!).
    • chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I have a real one in the original package if you want it. I got it from R* New York about 3 years ago along with a bunch of t-shirts and other promotional stuff.

      contact me if you want it.
  • elastikos, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4As one of the commenters on that site said, apparently "the only way to snort cocaine is off a strippers ass!"
    • Schug, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1We love to read the same comment twice and please don't answer as a reply to that comment either.
  • digitallysick, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5they just need to sell the coke mirror to buy more coke i mean really
  • Boor, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14Am I the only one who doesnt know what a coke mirror is, with the exception of weed im sorta a drug noob.
    • D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11No, you aren't. And I don't want the government coming to my house when I google it, so can somebody please enlighten me?
    • panic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11its what people rack up and snort lines off of
    • 0x0000ff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12yeah, cocaine is taken by snorting (for the most part).. so people form it into lines on a shiny flat surface then procede to get totally ***** up, usually via a rolled up note (moneys), or a straw. Or a special pipe, but its all the same.
    • Unicyclelarry, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Well, I was planning on answering your question, but it seems that has been taken care of. I'd just like to add though, have you guys ever watched a movie? Seriously, go watch Pulp Fiction or something. Right now. I'll be waiting.
    • mike_p, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6How would it be different than any mirror? What the hell makes it a "coke" mirror?
    • missflibbles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Mike P, I'd want my coke mirror to be separate from my other mirrors, so I don't have to clean off the coke when I want to fix my hair. It doesn't have to be differently made or anything, I'd just want one dedicated to coke.
    • Boor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4So what your saying is this could just be a vice city themed mirror and have not been intended in any way to imply the use of coke on it. Unless theres something im not seeing in the picture (it is pretty low quality).
    • neko, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15But... how does the Coke stay on the mirror?
      Does Pepsi work too?

      .... sorry, sorry...
    • apoc06, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5nothing wrong with being a drug 'noob'. perhaps we all should be more disturbed by the fact that we know what it is. lol.
    • kLacK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Real coke mirrors have grooves in them
    • kLacK, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4^^^ I'm told
  • quisp, on 10/12/2007, -25/+5I doubt it's for real and if you think it's cool because it's a coke mirror, you're dumber than you look. Grow up! Drugs are not cool, are not the answer, and are not to be idolized (or legalized).
  • andrethegiant, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13hahaha from the ebay auction: "My wife is making me sell it."
  • nicerobot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Ah, cocaine!
    http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cocaine.asp
  • tsuroki, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Add me to the list of Captain Obviouses who want to note that the mirror is *obviously* paraphernalia for GTA: Vice City, not GTAIII. It being a "cocaine" mirror also has a significant tie in to the plot of Vice City, as well - a coke deal gone bad is responsible for the entire storyline.
  • djNullSpace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This is probably a result of combining a mirror and the GTA:VC "Colorforms" set.
  • kaiyraa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23From the eBay auction page:

    "Condition: Used"
  • asdfasdf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15While I am not against Cocaine (I love the stuff), I do want to stress one thing. Mirrors are coated with silicon dioxide. When inhaled, silicon dioxide is a carcinogen. I recommend using another surface (not wood either).
  • ChuckTaylor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6^^^

    and the award for the weirdest reply on digg goes to...
  • Derter, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Clearly not a cocaine mirror but the item is pretty cool, + Digg for that.
  • yensed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6This is totally fake. He says he got it at a gta III party. But the mirror is for Vice City. Vice City came out 2 years AFTER gta III.. Still is pretty cool and I would actually buy it.
  • tarrmachine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8what really sucks is having to snort it up off the floor when some newb sneezes on the powder, or proceeds to blow it all off the mirror while trying to insuffilate. it could also be the result of a drunk ass friend dropping the ***** all over the place.

    they should have gave away vice city themed "bullets"

    no i won't explain what a bullet is
    • sgreger1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1DUDE, NOW THIS IS A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. ***** noobs, dont even kick it with people like that lol.
  • ReaperUnreal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Damn the auction ended early. I would've totally bought that, just for posterity though, I'm not a druggie. .>
  • astrotrain, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1GTA3 - Awesome....GTA: Vice City - Rocked......GTA: SA - WOW...

    Multi-Theft Auto for All Three - Holy Crap Batman!
    www.mtavc.com
  • diehard2k5, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ROFL! It went for 5 bucks.
  • djadul, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It didn't sell, If you look 0 bids. Must of been the digg crowd bashing it
    • kidc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0And if you look even closer it says: "The seller ended this listing early because of an error in the listing."
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