Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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I don't often notice advertisements, I sleep on the train and never inspect the ads on the walls, my computer has disabled scripts so I don't get adds, banners, and pop ups, my cable is cheap so there is nothing to watch. I think that it's funny that I found myself playing World of Warcraft and viewing a website advertising by spelling their message on the ground by placing cow corpses to make letters. There really isn't anywhere online to escape solicitors and poorly disguised hackers. I suppose it is impossible to escape it anywhere even games can be used as a medium for advertising products, billboards mimicking real world counterparts and even direct in game objects. I see a Lamborghini in a racing game or a Beretta M9 in a war game, it is amazing how so many real products have crept into the virtual world.
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What was the company advertising themselves through the use of dead cows? And do you think that real-life products used in games/movies/etc. make the game or movie more "real?" (Or do you just perceive the product placement and nothing more?)
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