Hahaha, RIP.

How could you not with that kickass song. That commercial is such a product of the 90's that I miss commercials like that.

I deadass click “do not show targeted ads” whenever I have the option and I have a fucking adblocker (I don’t think I’d ever visit Kotaku again without it). I also deny access to cookies as well if they give me that fucking pop up. I’m *also* 25 so I’m definitely the target demographic those shit pickles want to…

The older I get, the more I relate to Calvin’s dad.

Okay, I had a whole big fucking rant about how the entire TV-style advertising paradigm isn’t even relevant anymore, but I shoved that down to the bottom of this comment. Can we talk about their “pilot campaign” for a second?

I’d say Nintendo is more controlling than greedy. They’ll happily leave a ton of money on the table if they think they’d have to ease their iron grip on one of their IPs.

I doubt it’ll invade gaming as a whole, outside of the shittier, anything-for-a-buck AAA companies like EA and Activision. Indie developers will never embrace this, and so will a lot of bigger developers. I can’t see Nintendo ever going for this, for example (yeah, they’re greedy as hell too, but in a different way.)

Gotta love how there are entire companies out there that exist just to solve the “problem” that younger people aren’t being bombarded with ads every single moment of our fucking lives.

“justify it by saying that because young people are “cord-cutters””

Honestly... THAT kind of advertising is acceptable. Ads during loading times are NOT ok... I’m skeptical that loading times can be artificially inflated to prolong ad exposure.

There is a difference between in world, passive advertising (what was in burnout paradise) and active advertising that interrupts the experience. I hope we can find out what these games are, so we can actively avoid them.

All that free time you spend gaming is time spent unadvertised to, and that cannot stand. 

If I hear of any game doing this, I won’t play. If it invades gaming as a whole, I’ll find a better hobby. In short, it’s a terrible idea. I hope everyone involved suffers a series of embarrassing accidents that have everyone laughing in their faces for all time.

I mean, the difference is in your comment: “freemium.” If I pay 60-70 bucks for a game and have to watch ads between rounds/games/quarters/periods/matches/whatever, then they can definitely fuck right off.

If the games end up being free-to-play, then it’s not really an issue, however annoying it is.

I hope there aren’t any little girls on the plane, because all of this will be SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL.

I know right? Some small ‘90s part of me was like “Why did you never come up with this when running VtM, dumbass?!”.

I’m looking forward to this...
I’ve grown utterly bored of the usual ‘vampire empire’ shit, vampires as the super rich, the super hot, talking over the world....bla bla bla...
here’s a lady just doing her thing, and *just happens* to be a vampire...this is far more interesting to me than another Vampire Diaries…

What you’re telling me is that these terrorists should have put some stakes on a plane.

“Stakes on a Plane” “Enough is enough! I’ve had it with these monkey fighting vampires on this Monday to Friday plane!”