Video game developer antes up for costs of removing graffiti


National Post


October 8, 2005


A U.S. clothing designer and video-game developer has removed graffiti from a Toronto restaurant after the owner complained the spray paint -- part of a marketing campaign for a video game -- would cost him a lot to clean up. Atari hired people to spray a number of dripping X's around the city to promote its game Getting Up, which involves graffiti. The game was co-created by clothing designer Marc Ecko, who agreed to remove the paint from the walls of Tortilla Flats after its manager contacted him. "He admitted they went overboard and admitted full responsibility and paid for the cleanup," David Nichols told CityTV. "They fulfilled their promise. They came by ... and paid for it at their expense and they did a beautiful job."