Marc Ecko’s long awaited venture into video gaming is finally due for release with the premise of the game centring around a world where graffiti has been banned and freedom of expression has been suppressed by a tyrannical city government, in a city called New Radius. (Well plotlines from graffiti based games were always gonna be a little problematic). Within the game you start out as ‘Trane’, a beginner, (or “toy”), who is voiced by Talib Kweli and work your way up to becoming the ‘All City King’. Real life graffiti artists not only lend their signature tags and artwork to be used for to the environments, but also teach Trane, in-game, skills and techniques like painting burners, wheat pasting and stencils. There are also some noteworthy A-listers who make an appearance including Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, George Hamilton, Adam West, The RZA, and Michael ‘MC Serch’ Berrin. And in December MTV Films picked up the rights to make the game into the film, which is currently in pre-production, ’Getting Up’ the videogame, will be release February 2006 on PS2 and Xbox.
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