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Shock Game Advertising
Lost Garden has a good look at some of the more tasteless media marketing that has been foisted on gamers, and what the willingness to shock for sales means to the industry as a whole. From the article: "When I look at many games and the sorry advertisements that reflect back their pitiful value, I see people mechanically spewing out 'more for the sake of more.' A game that only offers perfectly modeled bullet paths or the ability to murder beautiful women is a waste of talent and a blight upon our industry. I say this not because I'm morally opposed to such content, but because it doesn't accomplish anything worthy for the customer, the industry or our industry's wonderful developers." The ad that specifically caused him to write this was one for 'Hitman: Blood Money', in April's EGM. It's pretty darn tasteless; Why would a beautifully made up woman with a bullet in her brain make you want to buy a game?
I was thinking the same thing to both your posts. Don't let the man get you down.
Heh. Don't try to understand the reasoning behind moderations. It'll drive you mad...
I usually don't, but this one seemed particularly odd. *shrug* /.
*pfff* I have posted frost pists, found dead in his home and other troll texts, as well as answered to trolls, taken part in flame-wars and my fair share of off-topic strolls like this one. Nearly half of my moderations are meta-modded unfair and I rarely use my meta-mod-points. Still for years I have not sunken below Excellent Karma. How does one actually achieve lower Karma (Not that it would make any difference)? :-P
Well, shit.
Taste my sad, Michael.
You better watch out, there may be dogs about . .