The Final Nail In The Coffin

It sounds like a scene from Six Feet Under. Mourners gather for funeral. Gravestone appears normal. Close-up reveals video game logo and image of cartoon character—a “heavily armed, 240-pound bad-ass.” David tenses up. Nate freaks out. Family looks embarrassed.

Fiction? Perhaps. But Acclaim Enter tain ment recently had plans to make it fact—floating the idea of advertising a horror-themed game, Shadow Man: 2econd Coming, on headstones in the U.K. The com pany said the controversial placement would tie in nicely with the game’s plot—”an undead demon-hunter on a twisted voodoo journey through the darkest recesses of the soul”—and show Acclaim as something of a creative daredevil.