Amazing. GigaOM has the story:
Last week we noted unconfirmed sightings of an “Obama for President” billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise. Today we’re able to report that it is, in fact, an official advertisement placed by the senator’s campaign team.
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My only question: are the young males who play the game old enough to vote? 🙂
Screenwerk 
October 14, 2008 at 1:02 pm
For some reason this bothers me. I keep feeling more and more like 1984 was just given the wrong title for the movie, should have been 2010. S
Maybe the angle is to get the kids to pester the parents to vote for “Insert Name Here” same as placing all the toy ads.
October 14, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Yes I agree. There’s a disturbing element.
October 14, 2008 at 3:35 pm
You’d be surprised at how old many gamers are (says the 40-year-old who won’t give up his PS2).
🙂
October 14, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I’m a “casual gamer”
October 14, 2008 at 5:42 pm
It will be interesting to see how this turns out. The last two elections the democrats have relied on the younger voter base (who is typically democrat) to make it the voting polls and it never happens.
We will see if this new era of marketing with Obama’s iPhone App and now video game advertising.
October 14, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Or will they just stay home and play games and never go to the booth?
October 15, 2008 at 12:24 am
I will no longer support games that support in game advertisments. I am already spending 70+ dollars per game and don’t see to see pro Obama ads or anything else that someone is trying to sell while I’m supposed to be enjoying my time.
June 23, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Gotta love those flashgames. I’ve wasted way too much time of my life on them ^^
June 4, 2010 at 7:15 pm
When did gaming become political? This shouldn’t be in a video game.