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    Image of Blore07 Blore07
    03:22 AM

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    Did anyone here have Mcdonaldland for the NES?

    Good times with that game. good times.
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games

    That reminds me of a game I use to have for the SNES based on the Cheetos character. As I remember, it was actually pretty good. As a kid, I didn't realize at the time it was marketing, I just thought it was the cool cat character from the chip bag.
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    Image of GLaDOS GLaDOS
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games

    Ah the memories.
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    Image of Kaddisfly Kaddisfly
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    I bought this game back in the day, and god damn proud of it.
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    Image of jayntampa jayntampa
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    Cool Spot was a surprisingly good game.
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    Image of spannu spannu
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    You can dare to say whatever you want, but the results would suggest that things are definitely worse now.
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    Image of PapaBear434 PapaBear434
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    You know, it was blatant advertising and shamelessly "90's" in it's "coolness," but it was actually a pretty cool game. Moderately well done platformer with one of the best games ever played on a MIDI file.
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    Image of Mit Mit
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    They reintroduced Fido Dido in the 2000s in international markets for 7up.

    We're long overdue for a Cool Spot revival.
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    That's a bad idea to shill alcohol in M-rated titles. Since the age limit for one is 17 and the age limit for the other is 21, they're not exactly consistent and it would be pretty bad for the image of any company who got caught doing it.
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    Image of Atomsk88 Atomsk88
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games

    The 7 Up Spot was one of the coolest mascots back in the 90's.

    Anyway, the last game(s) I can think of that were glorified ads were the BK games some years ago. Advertising has improved. I say that because at least we have straight up ads in typical ad locations in games now. It's not like there's a need to hide them now to subconsciously make us think of a product while playing our latest game.
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    Image of Vecha: One more Month Vecha: One more Month
    11/24/09

    @Atomsk88:

    "it's not like there's a need to hide them now to subconsciously make "

    Movies do this.

    Most recent is the 2012 movie...they are all wearing vans...or some type of tennis shoes on the arks.

    As well as everyone in Washington owning a vaio.

    Anyways...my poing being...Why do games not have a need to do the same?
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    Image of Atomsk88 Atomsk88
    11/24/09

    @Vecha: One more Month: Well, sports games can easily market clothing and such since it comes with the territory. That's one of the things I remember about the Tony Hawk games.

    As for movies, most people will experience a film once, so product placement is always obvious and pretty much has to be if the movie had support from the company of the product. Take Transformers for example. A Mountain Dew vending machine transformer, and the Nokia transformer too. I don't think movies are really trying to subconsciously sell us the products now, and if they are it's pretty terrible because it's been pretty obvious. Just displaying the latest product in the latest media really.

    Now, selling would be like in the Wayne's World clip, with lines and etc.
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    Image of Vecha: One more Month Vecha: One more Month
    11/24/09

    @Atomsk88:

    I see...makes sense!

    #speakup
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    Image of WhiteMåge WhiteMĂĄge
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    OH MY GOD COOL SPOT

    screw whatever the article is about

    that's

    freaking COOL SPOT!
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    Image of D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*
    11/24/09

    @WhiteMĂĄge: Platforming at it's most basic.. but damnit if it wasn't the best time ever playing cool spot.

    Man.. were my standards low back then..
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    D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* was starred D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears* was unstarred
    Image of Revenge_of_Nekojin Revenge_of_Nekojin
    11/24/09

    @D-K, stubbed his toe..*swears*: Liking Cool Spot doesn't mean you have low standards. Cool Spot was a pretty damn good game from what I remember.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    11/24/09

    @Revenge_of_Nekojin: I don't know what I could say about the game objectively that made it good, but I loved it too. Maybe it was just playing a funky tiny character in a huge everyday setting? It was great though...

    I also really liked the NES Cool Spot game that played like Infection/Ataxx (...and of course, I loved Ataxx too... wow, I'm going to find that game tonight and fire it up...)

    Pepsi (who makes 7UP) did it again on the PSX too... in Japan they released a game for their Japanese mascot Pepsiman - you'd run away from the camera at a fixed speed and try to jump, duck, and dodge obstacles in your way like things falling off of trucks, and even fences between yards and objects as you take shortcuts through people's houses, lol... it was so simple, but fun to play.
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    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    11/24/09

    @Revenge_of_Nekojin: Cool Spot was awesome, in large part because David Perry - the guy behind the (superior) Genesis Aladdin game and the Earthworm Jim series - worked on it.
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    Image of SagiMewtwo SagiMewtwo
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    It's funny cause Nintendo ended up doing a bit of advertising in Pikmin 2, which made it a little bit cooler in a sense cause the items felt a little more closer to home.
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    Stephen Totilo promoted this comment SagiMewtwo was starred SagiMewtwo was unstarred
    Image of Stephen Totilo Stephen Totilo
    11/24/09

    @SagiMewtwo: Both Pikmins, no?
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    Image of spannu spannu
    11/24/09

    @Stephen Totilo: The first one had some everyday objects, but none of them were branded. Most of the parts were just random shapes.
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    Image of Nâ—ŹGage Croal is grabbin' peels Nâ—ŹGage Croal is grabbin' peels
    11/24/09

    @Stephen Totilo:
    I don't recall there being any branded products in the first Pikmin, only the second (i.e. a Duracell branded battery). While it kept the item names as Olimar would describe these "alien" objects, they looked a bit more "real" to us.

    It's one case where product placement made sense. He's a visitor to our world, filled with our objects... from a very tiny perspective.
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    Image of Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do... Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    Avoid the Noid!
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    Image of DLNO-001 DLNO-001
    11/24/09

    @Taggart6: I don't always drink beer, but when I do...: pepsimaan!
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    11/24/09

    In reply to Old News '95: Sega Might Sell Vodka In M-Rated Games
    Oh god, well were not going to see a game based on them these days!

    As long as its not jarring its ok. Like the items in MGS4, or the Dorito's dispensors in Ghostbusters, stuff like that is fine.
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    Image of spiderweb1986 spiderweb1986
    11/24/09

    @excel_excel: In the screenshots I've seen, all of the product placement in Ghostbusters uses the retro logos that would have been current in the game's 1991 setting.

    I don't care if they're trying to sell me Doritos and Pepsi - that's just cool.
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    Image of Pezdispenser Pezdispenser
    09/05/09

    In reply to Study Manages to Make Game Ads Even More Obnoxious
    I still vividly remember the Tropic Thunder ads from Rainbow Six Vegas 2, but not because of the violence. Rather, because Ben Stiller's face up close scared the crap out of me.
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