The bill would also permit people to use technology to skip objectionable content -- like a gory or sexually explicit scene -- in films, a right that consumers already have. However, under the proposed law, skipping any commercials or promotional announcements would be prohibited.
Nowadays whole movies could be considered commercials or promotional announcements for the upcoming video games! "You can't skip this scene of the movie, it's an ad for the upcoming Star Wars Pod Racer 2005 for the xbox."
At least you can replace tires with a different brand that works. Is there an alternative game system that can play my xbox games?
If xbox breaks easily it not only makes the system unusable, but also all games bought for that system.
Maybe it's really just an experiment on how much attention they can get. If enough interest is shown, they'll have quite a few seasons worth of "Reality TV" out of it.
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The bill would also permit people to use technology to skip objectionable content -- like a gory or sexually explicit scene -- in films, a right that consumers already have. However, under the proposed law, skipping any commercials or promotional announcements would be prohibited.
Nowadays whole movies could be considered commercials or promotional announcements for the upcoming video games! "You can't skip this scene of the movie, it's an ad for the upcoming Star Wars Pod Racer 2005 for the xbox."
At least you can replace tires with a different brand that works. Is there an alternative game system that can play my xbox games? If xbox breaks easily it not only makes the system unusable, but also all games bought for that system.
Maybe it's really just an experiment on how much attention they can get. If enough interest is shown, they'll have quite a few seasons worth of "Reality TV" out of it.
Not only can women be there, but non-Russians can volunteer. They may be hoping for mail-order American brides.
In regular Russia, they're not volunteers
Looking at his other auctions, it looks like his specialty is video game soundtracks.