Archive for October 17th, 2008

Obama buys first video game campaign ads (Reuters)

An advertisement for Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is shown in a screen grab image from the EA Sports online video game 'NBA Live 08' for Xbox Live 360 in this publicity photo released to Reuters October 15, 2008. The Democratic senator from Illinois is using the ads, placed in 18 video game titles, as part of a larger promotion of his campaign's online voter registration and early balloting drive in 10 battleground states, a campaign spokesman said. (Courtesy of the Obama Campaign/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Barack Obama, flush with cash and ramping up his advertising in the final weeks before the November 4 election, is making U.S. political history by placing the first presidential campaign ads in online video games.


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Video-Game Sales Slide, But Analysts Optimistic (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - Sales of the Nintendo Wii game console rose 37 percent in September, but the rest of the industry saw losses. It was the first time in more than two years that the market for consoles and games has seen an overall decline.

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Qur’an References Delay Sony’s ‘Little Big Planet’ (PC Magazine)

PC Magazine - A Muslim user requests that Sony's PlayStation 3 game "Little Big Planet" remove references to the Qur'an that were accidentally included. Sony agrees, and delays the game's release.

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