Preference Personnelle
Tuesday, November 19
 
The Sims Online has a deal with McDonald's. People are protesting it. Isn't that great? Product placement in games--hmm... One of Laura's coworkers visited the other day. We were playing Super Monkey Ball, and she remarked, seemingly surprised, about the Dole sponsorship. But we were playing Tony Hawk 4 before that, and new Tony Hawk versions continue to be some of the more product-placement heavy games ever created. Wait, that's not true. What about Tooth Protectors and Chase the Chuckwagon for Atari, that 7-Up 'Spot' game, or, for that matter, any crappy tie-in (e.g., the GC classic 'Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure,' which I've seen for ten bucks new)? Here are even more promotional games, and this doesn't even scratch the surface of bad game tie-ins to movies (Krull, Hudson Hawk, The Fifth Element--and it goes on like this), music (Britney's Dance Beat, Spiceworld, Revolution X, Journey Escape) and so forth (Mary Kate & Ashley: Sweet 16, America's Army (though the Army's been using video games for a long time), Krusty's Super Fun House). The crossing-over goes in both directions, as anyone who lost two hours of their life to Tomb Raider or Super Mario Brothers movies can attest, but almost every game seems to have something to sell.
  3:45 PM
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