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Adver-games... interesting.
First, go here and read this. I'm interested in what this community thinks of what First Person Plural is doing. If you haven't read the entire article and are just going to come in here with "Fuck ads in video games!" then I'd like to ask that you keep the comment to yourself. This threads about the article, and what FPP… -
Re: Adver-games... interesting.
[ QUOTE ] In fact, a sci-fi or fantasy genre *could* have product placement so-long as that product is recreated in a way workable for that environment: If Coke were to want some real estate in a certain sci-fi game their Coke product would have to be redesigned to fit the sci-fi theme. An example would be to redesign the… -
Re: Adver-games... interesting.
Infact, a sci-fi or fantasy genre *could* have product placement so-long as that product is recreated in a way workable for that environment: If Coke were to want some real estate in a certain sci-fi game their Coke product would have to be redesigned to fit the sci-fi theme. An example would be to redesign the can of Coke… -
Re: Adver-games... interesting.
Just skimmed over whats written there and here. Advertising in games is fine. Anyone remember spazball in QuakeWorld TF? Made the level look 10 times better. Even if coke and mac donalds didn't quite intend to advertise there -
Re: Adver-games... interesting.
Tony Hawk's Cingular Wireless Pro Skater. yeah, that sounds like something I will NOT be purchasing. and when I'm shooting terrorists in a city, i'm not thinking "hmmm...coke or pepsi?". what if the game takes place inside a volcano? I'm already annoyed from seeing Nvidia ads before games, when I've used ATI for years. -
Re: Adver-games... interesting.
Though I'm sure I've been exposed to a lot more of it than i recall, the one thing that ALWAYS comes to mind was EA's use of the Honda Element and "dnL" (7up upside down) in SSX 3... at one point you even railed THROUGH an element. Honestly, unless it totally takes you out of context / gameplay just to blast you with an… -
Re: Adver-games... interesting.
my personal experience with ads in games comes from planetside. We have monitors in game that display adds piped in from outside the game. they are usually not "in context", it would be hard to do this with the game's fiction, but it helps pay for the game and keep the servers up. we also sold an ad location so that when…
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