Video Game Advertising

Over the years video game advertising has caught on. Similar to in TV and movie advertising, products and brands is placed within game play.

Whether playing Fight Night or on Second Life, advertising is everywhere. Is this ethical? Advertising to teens and our children. Ads targeted at children were regulated during cartoons on Saturday. Is this the way advertisers will get around this regulation?

Will Second Life catch on? Many early adopters have placed advertising with Second Life. We can only wait and see.

Apple and Video Games, oh my!

Take a bite of Apple! Everyone else is trying!

Apple getting into the Video Game industry? They sell iTunes, iPods, Movies and TV show downloads, and of course they are getting into the Apple game. They just need to make sure that it is mobile and virtual. Maybe it can be like home phones where you have a base phone and a couple extra phones in the bedrooms.

A main console you play at home and mobile console extensions so everyone can play together and on the Internet? I should sell these ideas, but I would probably have to pay someone to take them :)

Dual Shock the MLG

Now we have the MLG Major League Gaming Pro Circuit. They are paying people to play video games on TV. I watched for a full hour and I don't know if I will ever watch again. Especially the close up cam of a gamers face as they play video games.

At least with Paintball you get to see people get hit by hard objects, super cool. Eating contests? Guys eating 60 hot dogs in 15 minutes, got to love it! Professional Gamers? Maybe if it was virtual dodgeball and the players were hooked up to shocking devices and when they get hit in the game the get shocked, that would be entertaining.

Dual Shock those MLG guys :)

Nintendo Wii: Make your own Video Game Arcade

You can either go to the Chicago Gaming Company and pay $2,000-$3,000 for 100 nintendo video games or you can make your own joystick and buttons that play on your HD Plasma big screen TV. All you need to some joystick and button components, a nintendo revolution or now the Nintendo Wii, and your favorite TV.

Nintendo Wii coming November 19th, 2006

Play any game in the Nintendo game portfolio, NES, Super NES, all available to download for a rumored $0.99. Oh My!

All the Paperboy and Qix you can handle. Bye Bye Gametap!