Video gamers who have recently played the racing game Burnout Paradise may find it offers more than a high-speed driving simulation: advertisements for Senator Barack Obama’s...
Electronic Arts, the world's biggest video game publisher, confirmed Monday that Obama had taken out an ad in its new Xbox 360 racing game, Burnout Paradise. “I can confirm that the Obama campaign has paid for in-game advertising in ...
GigaOm confirms that an "Obama for President" billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise is, in fact, an official advertisement placed by the senator's campaign.
As recently as yesterday, Obama is still citing video games in stump speech about underachieving kids. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in!] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments ...
Commercial advertisers have been experimenting with advertising in video games for a couple of years now, but Barack Obama has now given in-game ads the Presidential (campaign) Seal of Approval: he’s been running get-out-the-vote ads in ...
An ad for Obama has popped up in the Xbox 360 racing game 'Burnout Paradise'. A presidential ad strategically placed in a video game titled 'Burnout Paradise'... sorry... we're just enjoying the moment. You may not be impressed with ...
(TrendHunter.com) Wow has advertising changed. Electronic Arts has confirmed that the Obama campaign bought a virtual billboard in the Xbox 360 game called Burnout Paradise. Brandweek reported that after seeing a virtual…
Obama Ads Featured In Video Games. Written by Cyrus Langhorne. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:55:00 Z. Democrat presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama continues to make history, becoming the first presidential candidate to purchase ad space ...
“I can confirm that the Obama campaign has paid for in-game advertising in Burnout,” Holly Rockwood, director of corporate communications at Electronic Arts, the game’s publisher, tells GigaOM. (via Singer)
An ad for Obama has popped up in the Xbox 360 racing game 'Burnout Paradise', writes Switched and ads gleefully: "The McCain camp will no doubt respond with a flock of carrier pigeons spreading the sacred word of Palin (which is awesome ...
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