18th April 2005, 10:59 PM
I hate this trend... The very start of Splinter Cell 3 had a bubble gum product placement ad. The main character takes time, and the camera takes focus on, him chewing a piece of bubble gum. I didn't catch the brand name, but there was no good reason for that. That's the sort of attack on the integrity of the storyline I can live without. Oh yes, a giant "The Ax" billboard lights up a roof top. If anything they just got me to hate that stuff even more. Anyway, I took it out with extreme prejudice and kept moving.
And oh yeah, Nintendo adding that Duracell battery? Well, Pikmin isn't that serious, but come on! That didn't add any realism, that world was some alien planet not Earth, and all it did was insult my intelligence.
Look, I PAID for my games alright? Stop putting ads in them! Yes, I too hope this stops with sucky games I don't care about. I do NOT want to see Link start chugging a new magical energy drink, "Gatorade", to restore his health. Someone would have to die if that happened.
And oh yeah, Nintendo adding that Duracell battery? Well, Pikmin isn't that serious, but come on! That didn't add any realism, that world was some alien planet not Earth, and all it did was insult my intelligence.
Look, I PAID for my games alright? Stop putting ads in them! Yes, I too hope this stops with sucky games I don't care about. I do NOT want to see Link start chugging a new magical energy drink, "Gatorade", to restore his health. Someone would have to die if that happened.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)