Slashdot Mirror
Online Gaming Ad Network Launches
Wynken de Word writes "'In a move that could open a new vista of possibilities for advertisers, New York-based Massive Inc. today announces the launch of the first ad-serving network for video games. The company said it has so far signed game publishers UbiSoft, Atari, Universal and Konami as partners in its system, which enables marketing messages to be projected into the digital fabric of their online games.' AdAge.com has the article (reg req.)." If you don't feel like registering for AdAge, just read the press release or see the company website.
These are not stories on ads. They are advertisements for advertisements. You see, so many people block ads on /. nowadays that it's really cutting into the revenues. It's hurting the guys that run this site, and it's hurting them bad (can't afford gin'n'tonics anymore, etc). Of course they had to do something to stop this, so they came up with this plan: post tons of articles on ads in games, until people get so used to seeing ads on their computer screens that they will start feeling nauseated when there's no ads on the screen, and turn /. ads back on.
Man is a slave because freedom is difficult, whereas slavery is easy.
Here's some targeted marketing that will hopefully have an effect on you. Buy a dictionary, it will affect your spelling!