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In-Game Advertising Breaks Out

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-its-a-real-medium dept.

UID1000000 writes "MSNBC reports that companies like Nielsen are implementing tracked advertising in video games. Viacom is also considering in-game advertising. I can't wait until your first person shooter stops and drinks a nice cold refreshing soda."

15 of 513 comments (clear)

  1. Do I get more vitality points from Expresso by SirLanse · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will there be points for Coke vs Pepsi? Can I get all the Gatorade? If I get generic, will get sick?

  2. Who else? by ack154 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I can see it now:
    • Healthpacks - sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
    • Ammo Reloads - sponsored by Remmington
    • etc
  3. Cat fight! by PIPBoy3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forget the Coke ads. I want the Budweiser girls!

  4. Blatant ad by Monkeyman334 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, I was playing Evil Dead the other day and saw a blatant ad for S-Mart. It was terrible because it wasn't a billboard or anything, it was actually part of the storyline.

  5. Adverts in games? by derrith · · Score: 5, Funny

    Something like this?

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    why does the porridge bird lay his eggs in the air?
  6. Buy Now! Limited Time Doom4Pepsi by Admiral+Justin · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can use the god cheat by typing at the console:

    "Iforgiveyouforcrystalpepsi"

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    You will be baked, and there will be cake.
  7. Here comes... the Ad Cannon! by spookymonster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get hit with the Ad Cannon and you'll be incapacitated for several seconds while your avatar stops and conspicuously consumes:
    - a bag of Doritos
    - a can of Red Bull
    - a bottle of Tums
    - a tube of Preperation-H

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  8. Re:Duke Nukem by stretch0611 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will we be able to blow up the ads? That might make it acceptable.

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  9. Re:Demo versions... by LostCluster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Funny, I don't see you posting with the "subscriber star" in your header. Guess you don't consider this Slashdot game very good at all... :)

  10. I can see it now... by bsd4me · · Score: 3, Funny

    If there is a Diablo III, the potion vendors get replaced with vending machines, the smiths get replaced by Wallmart, the other NPCs will be wearing sandwich boards, and all of the armour will have logos on them...

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    (S(SKK)(SKK))(S(SKK)(SKK))

  11. Re:consoles and freeware by heir2chaos · · Score: 4, Funny

    And one can't forget the blatent advertisements for "Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros" in "Space Quest IV", or was that "Space Quest XII"... hmmm, damned timelines screw me up.

  12. Re:Duke Nukem by Jefe+(Not+Satanic) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I came here to kick ass and chew Watermelon Bubblicious... and i'm all out of Watermelon Bubblicious

  13. Re:consoles and freeware by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Interestingly enough, the pizza company in the first movie was Domino's.

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  14. Re:consoles and freeware by Requiem · · Score: 3, Funny

    The irony of this post is delicious.

  15. Re:consoles and freeware by clontzman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not nearly as delicious as an ice-cold Coca-Cola and a crispity, crunchity, peanut-buttery Butterfinger!