Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

October 25, 2008 -

To my great surprise there was a plain brown envelope from Playboy Enterprises International in the GamePolitics post office box yesterday. Inside was the November issue.

After about three hours of perusing the magazine (in the interests of giving GP readers a complete and accurate report), I figured out the reason why Playboy sent the mag my way.

It seems that Miss November, Grace Kim, is a former publicist for Guitar Hero publisher Activision. The brief bio which accompanies her centerfold pictorial discusses her connection to the game:

I play a mean game of Guitar Hero and I'm willing to challenge anybody. I must warn you I'm a very sore loser - at any game...

Grace says her ideal date is a round of Guitar Hero or Rock Band with perks.

Kotaku has a lengthy interview with Grace:

I had heard of an opening to work directly with the head director of Guitar Hero, so I applied, and I didn't think I'd get the job because there were so many applicants... but I also had a lot of PR experience. I was really blessed that they brought me on board. I think they appreciated my passion...

"Activision was getting annoyed [over the time demands of the Playboy picture shoots], and I wanted to keep my job [at first]... But my boss wasn't happy and I wasn't happy, and being a Playmate is a job. I really wanted to explore that area, and see where this path would take me. And, working so much for Activision kind of killed my love a little for Guitar Hero.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by XceTRa on Tue, 10/28/2008 - 00:14.

Damn, halfshadow why you going around posting rude and un-nessacary comments, seriously come back when you stop acting like a jack ass.

$70q (0emq1_41/v1/v6

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Spartan on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 22:54.

Obliviously you are a person with issues regarding gender and sex. Consequently I shall not waste anymore time responding to your pedantic & prudish - nay, childish viewpoint. Any discussion will likely fall on deaf ears and I don’t have time to squander on people like you.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by HalfShadow on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 23:52.

And yet you bothered to respond at all.

Golly, you sure showed me, champ.

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by HalfShadow on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 19:40.

Being a Playmate isn't a 'job', you whore.

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Spartan on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 03:01.

Damn! That is pretty harsh and very wrong. Being a model is being a model. She is not making sex movies and even if she was that is her business.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by HalfShadow on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 14:32.

Really? So how do you put that down on a résumé, exactly? "Well, I can hold my pussy open with one hand while making an 'Oooh!' face, and I can also fondle my tits while making a 'You want some of this?' face."?

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by shobidoo on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 15:52.

Is that Halo in the background? And Tiger Woods 09?

Shobidoo, the hardcore gamer

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Muetank on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 13:59.

I'd let her work my fret board. GiggityGiggityGiggity! lol guitar humor, gota' love it.

Oh no! They are biting him... and stealing his pants!

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Father Time on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 12:22.

"After about three hours of perusing the magazine (in the interests of giving GP readers a complete and accurate report)"

Right right right, just like I went through hundreds of old penthouse magazines so I could get a better understanding of the people vs. larry flynt. You know for purely an academic point of view.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Kincyr on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 10:10.

who wants to bet that lolicon Dave Cheung will have as much fun with this as he did with Jade Raymond?

岩「…Ace beats Jack」

岩「…I can see why Hasselbeck's worried about fake guns killing fake people. afterall, she's a fake journalist on a fake news channel」

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by SpiralGray on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 09:38.

"I want to be a serious PR person, but, tee-hee, being the masturbation fantasy for thousands of young boys is so much more rewarding...."

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Spartan on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 09:49.

Let's not be sexist now. Don’t forget to include the girls too.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Aliasalpha on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 09:13.

There's a link that probably won't stay for long. Bookmarked it anyway, cheers

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Father Time on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 12:30.

Can I have the link then ... please?

My e-mail is rzollo@roadrunner.com

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Spartan on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 14:39.

Sent - please feel free to remove your email now.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Father Time on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 15:30.

It won't let me edit a response when someone replies to it, don't know why.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Spartan on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 03:02.

Hmm... Yeah I read that before - oh well, maybe you can get one of the mods via the shourt box to remove it for you.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Spartan on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 08:51.

SWEET! USDA select 100% pure unadulterated feminine beauty at its finest!

A little teaser for everyone: - zapped -

GP: the link was a bit much. I think we can see by the picture on the front page that Grace is an attractive woman.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Hitodama on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 23:57.

Lucky me. I got a FUKKEN SAVED on that one XD.

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by BlackIce on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 14:39.

DAMN YOU DENNI.. Oh, hey Amy. *nervous laugh*

~You Could Be Mine, But You're Way Out Of Line..~

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by GoodRobotUs on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 09:58.

You might have wanted to add a NSFW tag to that.

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Spartan on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 07:40.

Sorry about that. I forget to do stuff like that often since I'm the boss at work.

@GP - For what it is worth, I dont think linking to the source material is "a bit much" to be honest. It is no different than any other story you covered and have referenced direct and germane sources as well as supporting information sites. For example the court documents for JT's hearing.

Just because the topic is related to the human form does not change the nature of journalistic principles. Yes I did not put a NSFW notice initially - a social grace if you will, but other than that I don’t believe I was in error.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Hitodama on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 09:49.

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Aliasalpha on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 08:41.

Didn't she used to be in the WWE as well? I think she came in about the time I stopped watching.

Also: I have serious doubts as to the validity of your source, can you put up a scanned PDF for "verification"?

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by PHOENIXZERO on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 10:49.

That was Gail Kim, also Korean but from Canada. Apparently on her way back to WWE.

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by magic_taco on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 08:30.

I play guitar hero 2 anyday with her, I play a mean combo o that cheap trick band song i like.

Magic Taco

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Hitodama on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 08:15.

Was that the only picture? :P

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by GoodRobotUs on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 08:24.

LOL Probably the only one he could post without being labelled as a 'Pornographer' by certain unemployed people ;)

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Vake Xeacons on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 08:06.

How come she's holding a Rock Band guitar?

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Unruly on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 14:56.

Because she actually says that she likes Rock Band more than Guitar Hero.

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Zen on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 08:17.

Honestly it look like it would work better for the photo anyways. You can tell it's a controller, but it still has that "could be a guitar" look. And the black & white design fits better with her clothes, without trying to fight for attention with added colors. And yes, I do work with Photoshop jobs on the side so I tend to think of these things lol. I also just noticed the Rock Band drums in the background...so it could also just be a nice "FU" to Activision since she left.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Vake Xeacons on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 14:34.

That was a joke. Ha.

sorry...

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by PHOENIXZERO on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 10:47.

She explains it in a Myspace blog entry that I just found. Not hard to find either.

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by NovaBlack on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 07:25.

hahah

she is damn hot though!

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Kincyr on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 10:12.

agreed, she's quite cute for her age

岩「…Ace beats Jack」

岩「…I can see why Hasselbeck's worried about fake guns killing fake people. afterall, she's a fake journalist on a fake news channel」

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Canary Wundaboy on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 07:21.

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Zen on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 08:11.

Oh...that is just SO wrong lol

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Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by BlackIce on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 16:12.

But it *is* healthy..

~You Could Be Mine, But You're Way Out Of Line..~

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by GoodRobotUs on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 07:19.

'After about three hours of perusing the magazine (in the interests of giving GP readers a complete and accurate report)'

Hahahaha!!!

Re: Playboy Centerfold is Former Guitar Hero P.R. Rep

Submitted by Rookie_One on Sat, 10/25/2008 - 09:35.

my sense of FAP just tingled!

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