tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25091004574746685262011-04-21T16:07:45.734-07:00Infodump01 for gaming informationFound Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437569580134364591noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509100457474668526.post-13713018741657945472008-10-09T15:08:00.000-07:002008-10-10T08:42:38.477-07:00From the LA Times: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google9-2008oct09,0,5646419.story?track=rss">Google Unveils Technology for Advertising in Video Games</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Looks like Google is looking to strengthen their stranglehold on online advertising by inserting banners inside of games. Though the details are scant - Konami is the only major label currently in negotiations - I can't imagine that anyone who has just booted up a game they paid for would click through on any banner. The only way I could see this working is if two version of a game were available one discounted because it contained advertising content. A similar system was tried in Portland Oregon with a free public wifi channel that allowed subscribers to forgo random advertisements.<br /><br /><br /><br />It might be interesting to see how far game publishers are willing to take this concept though. Will product placements become a seamless element of video games? The next time you boot up Doom 3 will your marine have to stop for Coca Cola breaks?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509100457474668526-1371301874165794547?l=gamelisteningpost.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Found Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437569580134364591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2509100457474668526.post-32396101532141038862008-10-08T15:36:00.000-07:002008-10-08T15:51:32.000-07:00The blogging beast is released! I intend to use this blog to better organize some of my thinking and hopefully interact with others about the state of gaming.<br /><br />I've been close to a life-long gamer (ever since finding a basic edition of the original Dungeons and Dragons at a garage sale) and have never looked back. The industry has certainly changed both in scope and character since I got into it, with the advent of five year development cycles and multi-million dollar budgets for top of the line PC/console games, video gaming rivals hollywood in both economic terms and feats of imagination.<br /><br />Some of my specific interests are MMORPGs and of course table top gaming. I plan to do some more updates this week about my newest love - warhammer online. I really think this game has turned the page on a generation of MMORPGs and managed to make the genre exciting again.<br /><br />I've also recently purchased the 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons PH (players handbook to the laymen out there...newbs!). I've yet to pick up a new group since relocating to Portland, Oregon. But I am interested in the new virtual DM software provided with the book and the possibility of being able to play over the internet...<br /><br />I'll put up some neat warhammer unlocks that my guild has found including a couple secret (well sorta) layers we uncovered in tier 1.<br /><br />-Found Art<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2509100457474668526-3239610153214103886?l=gamelisteningpost.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Found Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01437569580134364591noreply@blogger.com3