{"id":15757,"date":"2024-09-02T13:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/02\/ghostface-killah-wanted-to-be-a-homicidal-eagle-def-jam-fight-for-ny-at-20\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T13:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:38:35","slug":"ghostface-killah-wanted-to-be-a-homicidal-eagle-def-jam-fight-for-ny-at-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/02\/ghostface-killah-wanted-to-be-a-homicidal-eagle-def-jam-fight-for-ny-at-20\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ghostface Killah wanted to be a homicidal eagle!\u2019 \u2013 Def Jam: Fight for NY at 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marking the anniversary, the creators of the rap beef beat-em-up sequel share memories of transforming Flavor Flav and Snoop Dogg into legendary video game characters<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I remember we visited Ghostface Killah [of the Wu-Tang Clan] and he was mad at us!\u201d recalls Daryl Anselmo, former EA employee and art director for 2004\u2019s landmark hip-hop-fused beat-em-up, Def Jam: Fight for NY. \u201cGhostface had a four-pound solid gold <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA_NewYork\/status\/1641312699245101057\">eagle bracelet<\/a> and he insisted his character\u2019s finishing move should be this bird coming to life and pecking out all the other rappers\u2019 eyeballs. The limitations of the PlayStation 2 technology and our violence restrictions meant we couldn\u2019t pull it off. It was impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The game\u2019s producer Josh Holmes interjects: \u201cWhen Ghostface first asked me about the eagle, Lauren [Wirtzer Seawood, another one of the game\u2019s producers] told me just to nod along and smile. When we saw him again in the studio for the sequel, I apologised [for misleading him] and we quickly moved on to recording his character\u2019s expanded insults for the new game. I remember one was: \u2018Go home and cry to your momma. And, while you\u2019re at it, tell her I\u2019m hungry!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/article\/2024\/sep\/02\/def-jam-fight-for-ny-at-20\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2a988892d6d6098d8e5d6a37fda14fce76f1e378\/0_590_3498_2098\/master\/3498.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c1d91879fd5ad7507f8a6de666a74c89\" title=\"\u2018Ghostface Killah wanted to be a homicidal eagle!\u2019 \u2013 Def Jam: Fight for NY at 20\" \/>Marking the anniversary, the creators of the rap beef beat-em-up sequel share memories of transforming Flavor Flav and Snoop Dogg into legendary video game characters<br \/>\n\u2018I remember we visited Ghostface Killah [of the Wu-Tang Clan] and he was mad at us!\u201d recalls Daryl Anselmo, former EA employee and art director for 2004\u2019s landmark hip-hop-fused beat-em-up, Def Jam: Fight for NY. \u201cGhostface had a four-pound solid gold eagle bracelet and he insisted his character\u2019s finishing move should be this bird coming to life and pecking out all the other rappers\u2019 eyeballs. The limitations of the PlayStation 2 technology and our violence restrictions meant we couldn\u2019t pull it off. It was impossible.\u201d<br \/>\nThe game\u2019s producer Josh Holmes interjects: \u201cWhen Ghostface first asked me about the eagle, Lauren [Wirtzer Seawood, another one of the game\u2019s producers] told me just to nod along and smile. When we saw him again in the studio for the sequel, I apologised [for misleading him] and we quickly moved on to recording his character\u2019s expanded insults for the new game. I remember one was: \u2018Go home and cry to your momma. And, while you\u2019re at it, tell her I\u2019m hungry!\u2019\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marking the anniversary, the creators of the rap beef beat-em-up sequel share memories of transforming Flavor Flav and Snoop Dogg into legendary video game characters \u2018I remember we visited Ghostface Killah [of the Wu-Tang Clan] and he was mad at us!\u201d recalls Daryl Anselmo, former EA employee and art director for 2004\u2019s landmark hip-hop-fused beat-em-up, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/02\/ghostface-killah-wanted-to-be-a-homicidal-eagle-def-jam-fight-for-ny-at-20\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Ghostface Killah wanted to be a homicidal eagle!\u2019 \u2013 Def Jam: Fight for NY at 20<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}