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Should We Be Using Celebrity Likenesses in Video Games?

CCC Says: "Recently, there has been a bit of legal conflict concerning the use of “celebrity” likenesses in video games. Perhaps the biggest the biggest one in the news right now is Lindsay Lohan’s lawsuit against Rockstar for Grand Theft Auto V. She claims that one of the promotional characters for the game, a girl on a beach in a bikini taking a selfie, is a direct reference to Lohan herself. The character’s name is Lacey Jonas, a anorexic actress who contracts you to help her dodge paparazzi. Lohan argues that the character was inspired by a character that she played in Mean Girls."

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SpiralTear3475d ago

I didn't think this character looked anything like Lindsay Lohan until she brought it up herself.

rdgneoz33474d ago

Yah, the model used for the character is actually good looking. Not a crack addicted attention *****.

As for the model:

"The real woman who inspired GTA V's bikini gal was model Shelby Welinder. She was hired by video game producer Rockstar through her agency to model for the advertisement in the fall of 2012."
http://majormodel.com/detai...

voicingofreason3474d ago

I'd take her over Lindsay any day of the week!

orakle443474d ago

Agree, she looks like Kate Upton to me, certainly not Lindsay Lohan.

Crazyglues3474d ago (Edited 3474d ago )

Yeah I was just going to say the same thing, looks a lot more like Kate Upton --> http://www.dailydot.com/gam...

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DragoonsScaleLegends3474d ago

Even though I don't think this looks like Lindsay Lohan, wasn't this based off a real model not just made up.

chrissx3474d ago

That girl on the beach is everything lindsay lohan dreams to be. Some "celeb" likeness is ok e.g ellie in tlou lookin like ellen page and duke nukem looking like arnie swarzneger

Gravity_DoGG3474d ago (Edited 3474d ago )

I don't care. I just want some new GTA V current gen news and/or gameplay for the PS4 version.Sadface

SteamPowered3474d ago

I would be more excited to see my likeness in a game. With Kinect and PSeye out, I kind of hoped this would be a thing already. I understand there are a couple sports games out that lets you map your face onto a character, but I really thought that feature would be mainstream.

Hellsvacancy3474d ago

Since when did Batman ever reveal his face?

SteamPowered3474d ago

I have a very noble chin ;)

pkb793474d ago

They where doing in on PS2 games with original eyetoy if I remember right. I think it was Tony Hawk game or something. I could be way off but it's worth a Google. But it has definitely been done, just not well.

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GTA 5’s cut “James Bond Trevor” DLC was already part-shot, actor says

The GTA 5 Agent Trevor DLC episode could have been a real treat for fans on PlayStation and Xbox, before it was scrubbed sometime before 2017.

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Killer2020UK2d ago

More interested in money than giving fans what they want. Such a shame

CrimsonWing692d ago

With the amount of money they generated, I just don’t understand the scrubbing of this. It would’ve been fantastic for fans.

Profchaos2d ago

I really want to know who drove the decision to focus on multiplayer was it Rockstar or take two.

Because when online started taking off many of the studio leads began having falling outs and leading including a founder

Demetrius2d ago

Ikr mfs that greedy it's ridiculous

andy852d ago

This makes me sad. Trevor was one of my favourite characters in gaming

Demetrius2d ago

One of the reason I believe once gta 6 release, most of us thoroughly play it, enjoy the world they crafted then after that no offline support, no dlc at all

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Grand Theft Auto V PC Optimized: Best Graphics Settings in 2024

Grand Theft Auto V was released on PC on the 14th of April 2015. That means the game will be nine years old in four days, and it’s still among the most-played titles on Steam. With a 24-hour peak of 145K players, it’s as popular as Baldur’s Gate 3, Apex: Legends, and Destiny 2.

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The Best Open World Adventures In Gaming History

The freedom to explore large areas, approach objectives in multiple ways, and stumble across amusing distractions will always be an excellent format for video games, but some do it better than others. To celebrate the formula and parse the best from the best, have a look at the best open-world games of all time so far.

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