Eris is a manufacturing company for athletic shoes and apparel featured in Manhunt 2, and the Grand Theft Auto series. Pete Vassal is the CEO in the HD Universe.
Description[]
Some radio commercials in Grand Theft Auto III explain the "benefits" of working for the company. The company employee Joey, a child who "sewed his hands together", is a reference towards accusations of Nike's "sweatshops" and use of child labor in the manufacture of its products. In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, there are radio advertisements for a Eris product called "Pump-Up shoes", a parody of the real life Nike Air Jordan basketball shoes, which also sported inflatable air pockets inside the shoe. According to Eris, 'women love winners, and winners wear shoes.'
Influence[]
The company is a parody of Nike. Eris means 'strife' in Greek, whereas Nike means 'victory'. The logo is also somewhat similar to that of DC Shoes because of letter "E" being inverted, much like the "D" and "C".
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Trivia[]
- The first letter in the Eris logo is actually a symbol of the 5 fingered hand of Eris, a logo in the Principia Discordia as a symbol of the same-named goddess of Chaos. This is a nod to the cult of "Discordianism", a popular mock-religion popularized by The Illuminatus Trilogy.
- Eris T-shirts appears in Rockstar's Max Payne 3 as an easter egg.
- The clothing in Safe House are all beta clothing textures from GTA: San Andreas, with the Eris shirt being an early version of the green shirt available in Binco.
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