Last Wednesday, Feb 10th, Devil’s Playground had a Dante’s Inferno release party at the Dragonfly Nightclub in LA. For this occasion Devil’s Playground hosted a burlesque show that brought comical light to the nine rings of hell and seven deadly sins. The event was quite a success and spread word of EA newest game release.

For those who haven’t been or don’t know what a Burlesque Show, it is a comical over-exaggerated theatrical show usually involving a strip tease by attractive girls. Devil’s Playground has been known for hosting video-gamed themed burlesque shows and in the past hosting a Star Wars themed show and Zelda and Princess Peach themed shows. Their shows add more culture and twists to the already existing video-game culture and the fantasy people may have about their video-game heroines. There is nothing wrong with divulging in a bit of sexual fantasy, a lot of our video games are already appealing to this (like Bayonetta and Dead Or Alive).

On February 10th the Devil’s Playground hosted a Burlesque show in LA to celebrate the launch of Dante’s Inferno. The show involved girls comically demonstrating the seven deadly sins. During the show guest were also given an opportunity to play Dante’s Inferno on 50″ Plasma Screens. Door prizes were given out which even included comic books and a copy of Dante’s Inferno – a pretty good price for the evening at $12 cover for the night.

Gamer Girl had coverage for this event, and attached is a link to their article which includes a video interview. Dante’s Inferno Launch Party

The works done by Devil’s Playground by hosting this video-game burlesque launch party for Dante’s Inferno shows that there is growing culture surrounding video-games. Both burlesque culture and video-game culture are a minority in our society, but there are the few people who enjoy both and enjoy being appreciated. Hopefully we’ll see more bars and clubs appreciating video-game release as media grows the gaming culture will grow with it.