Journalists seeks gamers

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

I'm writing about games that feature advertising for real-world
products. You know--billboards in car-racing games with AutoZone ads,
or the character in Splinter Cell using a Palm handheld.

Do gamers notice this sort of thing? Does it affect your buying habits?
Does it get on your nerves?

I'd like to include your views in a story I'm writing. I want to
publish your name, age, occupation and the community where you live.

This is for real. Check the links below for some of my other writing.

If you're interested, please e-mail me ASAP. Thanks!

Hiawatha Bray
Technology Reporter
Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd.
P.O. Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819 USA
617-929-3119 voice
617-929-3183 fax
bray@globe.com
watha@monitortan.com
Blog: www.monitortan.com
Recent writings: www.boston.com/business/technology/bray


--
Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

Hiawatha Bray wrote:

> I'm writing about games that feature advertising for real-world
> products. You know--billboards in car-racing games with AutoZone ads,
> or the character in Splinter Cell using a Palm handheld.

<biting tongue so as not to make Chris Elliott/Scary Movie 2 reference>

Didn't ol' Sam Fisher use Sony Ericsson cellphones in the latest game? Me
and Sam both have P900s. Damn, we're cool.

-Z-

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

> <biting tongue so as not to make Chris Elliott/Scary Movie 2 reference>

I couldn`t figure out what this was supposed to mean...until I read the OP`s
name and started laughing...nice reference- very Dennis Miller

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

Martin P. wrote:
>> <biting tongue so as not to make Chris Elliott/Scary Movie 2
>> reference>
>
> I couldn`t figure out what this was supposed to mean...until I read
> the OP`s name and started laughing...nice reference- very Dennis
> Miller

Little help here.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

I don't see anything wrong with products and billboards in games. They
are certainly less annoying than many other forms of advertising.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

Hiawatha Bray wrote:
> I'm writing about games that feature advertising for real-world
> products. You know--billboards in car-racing games with AutoZone ads,
> or the character in Splinter Cell using a Palm handheld.

You've missed posting this to the one group where you could really get some
good answers--rec.autos.simulators. I'd xpost it there for you, but if
you're interested you can do it yourself.

Racing sims have had real-world advertising for years, and if it's not
included originally, there's most likely a user mod that adds it or enhances
it.

--
chainbreaker

If you need to email, then chainbreaker (naturally) at comcast dot
net--that's "net" not "com"--should do it.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

# magnulus@bellsouth.net
> I don't see anything wrong with products and billboards in games. They
> are certainly less annoying than many other forms of advertising.
>
>
>

Sometimes they enhance realism, see RealGTA, which replaces shop
textures with real ones like Coke and Pizza Hut, likewise with Crazy
Taxi.

There's no place for them in fantasy games though. I don't want to see
Jade restore her energy with a red-bull instead of Starkos in Beyond
Good and Evil.

--
Toby

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

> > I couldn`t figure out what this was supposed to mean...until I read
> > the OP`s name and started laughing...nice reference- very Dennis
> > Miller
>
> Little help here.
In SM2, as Chris Elliot`s character is ,errr, porking the roast turkey (the
other white meat?) he screams out "Hiawatha"

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

"chainbreaker" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote:
>Hiawatha Bray wrote:
>> I'm writing about games that feature advertising for real-world
>> products. You know--billboards in car-racing games with AutoZone ads,
>> or the character in Splinter Cell using a Palm handheld.
>
>You've missed posting this to the one group where you could really get some
>good answers--rec.autos.simulators. I'd xpost it there for you, but if
>you're interested you can do it yourself.
>
>Racing sims have had real-world advertising for years, and if it's not
>included originally, there's most likely a user mod that adds it or enhances
>it.

DON'T YOU FAGS REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME HE ASKED FOR OUR HELP?
--
.-'`-.
/ | | \
/ | | \
|___|_|__ |
||<o>| <o>`|
|| J_ )|
`|`-'__`-'|/
| `--' |
.-| |_
.-' \ / | |`-.
.-' `. /| | \
/ ````' | | \
|_____ | | L
.-' ___ `-. F F | | ||`-.___
.'.-' | `-. `. J J / | || _.>
/ /| | |`. \ | | |/ | ||_.-'
/ / | | | `. `. F F | |==============================
J / | | | \ L J J | | `:::::::. `:::::::.
FJ | | | |L J/ / | \ :::::::. :::::::\
J |() | () | () | () | J L/ | | ::::::: :::::::L
| F | .-'_ \ | | LJ | / L :::::::: :::::::J
| L | / \\ | | | L | | :::::::: ::::::::L
| L || ):|| | | | /| L :::::::: ::::::::|
J | ||:._.'::|| | | |----' | | :::::::: ::::::::| .---.
J | |J:::::::|| | | | _/\ | :::::::: ::::::::| /(@ o`.
LJ | \:::::/ | | | |---'\ | | :::::::: ::::::::| | /^^^
J L | `-:-' | | | F | \ | J :::::::: ::::::::| \ . \vvv
LJ()| () | () | () | F F | \ \--._L :::::::: ::::::::| \ `--'
J \ | | | | J J \ | | :::::::: ::::::::| \ `.
\ \| | | | / / | | | :::::::: ::::::::| L \
\ \ | | |/ /| | | .-'| :::::::: ::::::::| | \
`.`. | | .'.' | | |/ /`L :::::::: ::::::::| | L
| `.`-.____|.-'.-' | | | <`. \ :::::::: ::::::::| | |
| | `-.______.-' | \| |_`::\ `. :::::::: ::::::::| F |
| J\ | | | | /: \::. \:::::::: ::::::::F / |
| L\|--| | _.--|:: `::\ `.:::::: .:::::::J / F
J J |\\|-.____ |__.-' |: \::. \:::: ::::::::F .' J
L \| >|| `--' J |' .`::\ `.:' .::::::::/ .' F
J |//JJ | L |---. .--\::. \---. .---. <---< J
L |< |J |\=/| ( _ \=/ _ `::\ `. \=/ _ \=/ _ \ /
J |\\|J | | / )_) | (_) \::. \ | (_) | (_) | /
\ |--|J |//\\ / //\ //`::\ `./\ //\ / .'
\| |L ` )/ )` `' '|`---// `---// `\::. \ `---// `---' .'
VK________| L_\ ' /___/ ' | |___//______//_____`::\ |___//_________.'_________
F F J`` -'| | | | | \:_|
`-' | "" | J ` |
| | L | |\ |\ /| /| |\ /|
| | \ | | \ | \ // // | \ || |\
J | `. | ||\\ ||\\ // // ||\\ || ||
L F )`---\ || >> || \\ / | << || \\ || ||
| J / `. ||// || || //|| \\ || || || ||
J J ( `-. |// | \ || |/ || \\ | \ || || ||
`-.__/ `---. `. |<< ||\\|| || >> ||\\|| || ||
| J `. ) ||\\ || \ | || // || \ | || ||
/ | `-----' || >> || || || // || || \\ ||
/ F ||// || || || << || || \\||
J J | / |/ || |/ \\ |/ || \ |
J | |/ \| \| \| \|
`-.-' K I N G O F T H E M O N S T E R S

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.sports,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (More info?)

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 02:27:09 +0800, Bateau <Gamera@work.stomping.aza>
wrote:

>DON'T YOU FAGS REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME HE ASKED FOR OUR HELP?

75 lines to 4 groups, for one line of abusive text. Cool.

--
Regards from Mike Barnard
South Coast, UK.

[To reply by email remove ".trousers" spamtrap from email address]