Last week, Bethesda released a crazy commercial featuring Blake Griffin dunking over a tiger and scaling an office building in a motion-capture suit all in attempts to be a featured character in id Software's upcoming shooter "Rage."
In terms of video game commercials, it doesn't get any better than this, and because fans wanted more, ESPN was given the exclusive footage of the commercial's outtakes. Take a look at what went on behind the scenes as Griffin destroys cardboard defenders and gets a lot closer to the tiger than anyone on the Clippers would care to see.
If only the NBA would let him bring a tiger on the court for next year's dunk contest ...
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