Gaming Gets Political: Obama ads Appear in EA Games
So you’re racing down the road in Burnout Paradise and you’re all, “Was that an Obama ad?”
Yes, yes it was.
EA has confirmed that the Obama campaign is running ads in several of its video games including Madden NFL 09, Need For Speed: Carbon and, as you see here, Burnout Paradise.
The
You should also note that the ads only appear if you live in one of the 10 so-called battleground states. These states are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin.
The ads direct gamers to voteforchange.com, an Obama Web site.
If nothing else, this is further proof that gamers aren’t just little kids playing in their bedrooms—politicians value your vote now.
Original article: Gaming Gets Political: Obama ads Appear in EA Games From crunchgear
Related Posts:
- Licensing Flash Games – The Marketing Value Of Casual Games Casual games are on the rise, and it’s no longer...
- Free Online Games: Java is the most popular tool for developing games After Shockwave, Java is the most popular tool for developing...
- How Obama Is Spending $150 Million His cash bonanza gives Obama lots of leeway in how...
- Top 12 Must Have Free Games for the iPhone and iPod Touch Why should you put a dent in your wallet when...
- Android Market Takes On Apple’s App Store: Games Still Rule, But Should They? 24 hours have passed since the launch of the Android...
- Next Post Previous Post Watch The Political Spin Machine With Google “In Quotes” Google has just opened a new Labs project, called In...
- Obama Cut Web Advertising In August While McCain Doubled Down Barack Obama’s campaign significantly cut back on Web display and...
- Obama Urges Bailout Bill’s Passage RENO, Nevada (Reuters) – Presidential candidate Barack Obama urged lawmakers...
- Obama plans his Cabinet to make lightning transition in most important transfer of power since American Civil War Former secretary of state Colin Powell may have a place...
- Obama’s tax promise: Too tall an order NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The middle class may have to...
- Obama To Post Fireside Chats On YouTube Barack Obama is already being called the YouTube President because...
- Obama presses economic theme as team solidifies President-elect Barack Obama takes another step toward tackling the ailing...
- Three Reasons Political Sites Are Glad The Election Is Over Like most everyone else, we’re skeptical Politico — which along...
- Obama: BP agrees to $20B fund The humbled chairman of the giant British company apologized to...
- Meet (Some Of) Barack Obama’s Digital Gurus Who are the people behind the Obama campaign’s innovative embrace...
If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.
Million-Dollar Businesses You've Never Heard Of
Skype Founders Settle With eBay And Others, Get 14% Stake In Skype, Not 10%
What is FriendFeed’s Effect on Blogging?
Comments
No comments yet.
Leave a comment