Barack Obama Is The Candidate More Voters Would Like To Play Guitar Hero With

OK, well this is just silly. From Gigaom (via BuzzFeed):

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.

"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, told me via email, noting that EA regularly allows ad placements in their online games. "Like most television, radio and print outlets, we accept advertising from credible political candidates," she continued. "Like political spots on the television networks, these ads do not reflect the political policies of EA or the opinions of its development teams."

Considering the fact that when it comes to XBox 360 enthusiasts, I wouldn't even campaign to have them be in charge of the Doritos, this might not be the wisest use of Obama's resources. The only less effective means of political advertising I can think of would be an Obama bumper sticker on the back of the Bang Bus. That would be very ineffective!

Posted by Gabe at 10:15 AM in Politics, Video Games
Tags: Barack Obama | Burnout | Election 2008

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More people probably saw this ad on blogs discussing it than in the game itself. Think about it.

Posted by: BradOFarrell at 10/15/08 11:32 AM | Reply
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You and the Doritos

Posted by: Angelaaaa at 10/15/08 11:49 AM | Reply
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Hahahaha awesome.

Posted by: I PEE GOLD at 10/15/08 3:20 PM | Reply
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So Holly Rockwood is a person's actual name and not one ripped from an episode of The Flintstones? McCain is going to be so mad that he can't put an ad in Call of Duty.

Posted by: Chadams at 10/15/08 5:01 PM | Reply
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