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Advergames

Posted by michael on from the america's-army dept.

Anne_Nonymous writes "Here's an interesting story on the use of video games as advertising. They claim 'advergames could be a $1 billion industry by 2005'."

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  1. Hey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    CPTNHARLOCK IS MY TEACHER

  2. I AM SALAMI SAM! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    SIM SIM SALA BIM!!

  3. Yeah, by MrEd · · Score: 0, Troll
    After playing a few hours of Counter-Strike I just can't wait for a cold, refreshing Pop-Dog.


    Pop dog!

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    Wah!

  4. This might just work.. by rasjani · · Score: -1, Troll

    If my memory serves my correctly, the most sold game ever in Finland, in the past has been one like this. I dont actually remember its name but it was done for "Icecream truck" company and they sold it as a side thingie from their cars. And, it was quite nice game too. It still is. Oh, now i remember, it was called Dropmania.

    Also, people. Even in the old amiga days, i remember seeing advertising in the games. Refresh your memories and start thinking of Kickoff. One of the things i was so fond of it was: "Wow, it even has authentic advertisements!". I guess they wherent paid adds then but putting product placement like this into games doesnt really hurt anyone, quite the opposite.

    So, yay for good games, with or without adds.

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    yush