The bastards are at it again
Massive Incorporated Launches World’s First Video Game Advertising Network
Ads will be served during the game – they say it won’t distract from gameplay, and allows marketers to pin down the elusive 18-34 demographic.
When will these fuckers figure out that we don’t want to be advertised to? I have always enjoyed the lack of real advertising in games – it was the only visual entertainment left that didn’t have ads. What’s next? Ads in my sci-fi novels?
A message to all marketing personnel the world over: LEAVE US THE FUCK ALONE!! If you want us to buy your products, release demo units to the press and get someone to review it on /. – that’s all you need to get a geek’s attention.
October 20th, 2004 at 8:48 am
*shudder* Remind me to not spend my money on those games then. Not only is there the onslaught of advertising (why does Blade Runner come to mind there?) but I’m not even the target demographic. I’m not going to want to pay for something that may be fun for me as a consumer, then get bombarded by advertising depicting scantilly clad bimbos that clearly weren’t meant for me. Funny that since I was reading an article yesterday about the gradually increasing number of females working in the video game industry. Two steps forward, 5 steps back, wot?