Gaming Gets Literally Political
October 24, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Gaming
Looks like those ever-creative peeps at EA have found another way to take advantage of their games’ real-time updates.
Owners of Burnout Paradise for the Xbox 360 are now starting to see political ads from Obama, obviously getting them to vote “the right way” come November 4. Electronics Arts has confirmed that these ads are placed into the game via Xbox Live updates. It’s inconceivable that the Obama campaign could’ve seen this far ahead when the Burnout Paradise disc was going gold.
It’s honestly a bit refreshing to see gaming be involved in politics—without some psycho lawyer throwing off totally stupid comments to gain the attention he desperately seeks.
Photo by CrunchGear
Nice. It’s cool to see how closely games are starting to mimic real life and stay current.
Someone saw this and decided to photoshop McCain ads into video games- they used NES games, lol.