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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."

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

    Forget the Coke ads. I want the Budweiser girls!

  3. 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.

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

    Something like this?

    --
    why does the porridge bird lay his eggs in the air?
  5. 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

    --
    - Despite popular opinion, I am not perfect.
  6. 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... :)

  7. 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.

  8. 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