Malaysia News: 'Resident Evil,' a Vietnamese skincare specialist, and fake news: An investigation

Selasa, 6 Jun 2017

'Resident Evil,' a Vietnamese skincare specialist, and fake news: An investigation

If skincare is your specialty, associating your brand with desiccated human flesh is probably unwise.

It's a good thing all this fuss over Medcare Skin Centre is probably fake news. Isn't it? I'll tell you, friends: I've spent the better part of the day investigating — with assists from Mashable Gaming Editor Tina Amini and Mic Gaming Editor Amanda Farough — and I'm still not clear.

Here's the face of what people are reporting: Medcare Skin Centre, a Ho Chi Minh City-based clinic, made the tragic error of adopting the logo of Resident Evil's Umrella Corporation as its own. For the uninitiated, Umbrella Corp. is the villainous body responsible for the series' zombie epidemic. Read more...