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Product Placement in Online Gaming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mcdonalds-inside dept.

ceejayoz writes "MSNBC/Reuters has an article about product placement in 'The Sims Online'. EA has made a multimillion dollar deal with Intel and McDonalds to include 'Intel's familiar jingle, its product logo, and computers using its Pentium 4 processor' and 'a McDonald's kiosk and ... the company's branded food' in the game."

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  1. fplacement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp! Drink Pepsi!

    1. Re:fplacement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      MOD PARENT UP

      This is on topic just you fucktard slashbots don't react to it since he used "Drink Pepsi!" instead of "Install Lunix!"

  2. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post suckers

  3. last post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    l@st p0st

  4. linus torvalds is the greatest !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and goatse guy uses linux

  5. Yo Quiero FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Make a run for the Goatse

  6. Re:Hello by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Mad propz to you on your logged in fp.

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  7. The real question is by Istealmymusic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Can I download a pizza from my laptop?

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  8. post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    post

  9. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post

  10. Re:Hello by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns999 92803 This article may be relevant here at slashdot.

  11. Re:I wondered... by cscx · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well, AMD once put the Intel Jingle on a board... Oh wait...

  12. Re:Remember the Days of Yore Before EA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't forget Streets of Sim City and Sim Copter either..

  13. Re:Guns. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yeah that's funny - can't believe some of the crap that is posted/modded up here...

  14. Re:McDonnell's (sic) Career path? by Forkenhoppen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    FYI: They don't wash the lettuce. It comes pre-washed and pre-cut in sealed plastic bags. All they do in the back is pull it out of the bag and spread it on the bun. Likewise all the other junk they put on the product. (It's the same at all of the fast food franchise spots.)

  15. Re:McDonnell's (sic) Career path? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FYI: Notice the quotations. It is a quote. Moron.

  16. Re:What to do with the extra ad money? by Shanep · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Sorry.

    You have to admit, it can be pretty hard around here telling the difference between the sarcastic (usually me), the stupid and the trolls.

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  17. Re:Why not, indeed? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, you really don't like Pepsi! Good thing I'm a Coke drinker.

  18. Re:The Sims will eat McDonalds food? by shepd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >I don't know about you, but I know from personal experiance, that spilling normal (~140 F) liquid in my lap, while uncomfortable and hot, will not cause major burns, maybe reddening of the skin, but that is about it.

    "Bad" (I assume bad enough for a hospital visit) burning of the skin occurs in under 6 seconds with hot water at 140 degrees.

    Don't be fooled by a fool (not you, the McDs lady) -- if you're dumb enough to hold a coffee cup between your legs, you're dumb enough not to jump when it starts to burn.

    But, I have discussed this point with others before. After hearing about the temperature of McDs coffee, I totally agree people using it properly (as in drinking it) who were burned by it getting compensation, but complete morons (by choice) simply don't deserve money for anything.

    >Bottom line, if the coffee was at a normal how hold temp (145 F), the spill while painful would not have caused the damage it did.

    Any liquid can burn at any reasonably high temperature (145 F is high enough) if its left there long enough. Anyone stupid enough to keep coffee so near their reproductive area would have left the "cooler" coffee there long enough to cause such bad burns as the short time she had the 180 F coffee there anyways.

    Next thing you know people will be suing ViewSonic for making monitors that carry enough voltage inside to knock you off your feet, rather than just cause you a heart attack.

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