Florida Anti-Tobacco Ad rooted in games
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6-25-2008 @ 2:23PM
UNSCleric said...
Sad.
John 117 would never smoke though. :) He's my hero.
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6-25-2008 @ 2:23PM
Tegolin said...
I've seen those commercials a lot in Florida.
Is that a Spartan Laser?
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6-25-2008 @ 2:25PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Tobacco: tumor-causing, teeth-staining, smelly, puking habit. Come on folks, it's not "cool" to smoke... It just LOOKS cool.
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6-25-2008 @ 2:26PM
Gemini Ace said...
That's not realistic at all. It takes way longer for cigarettes to kill you than that!
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6-25-2008 @ 3:02PM
Ian said...
Really? Are you sure... its on TV... so it must be true, right?
6-25-2008 @ 3:09PM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
lol. you dont say!
6-25-2008 @ 2:32PM
Tony said...
Smokers are jokers!
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6-25-2008 @ 2:50PM
jax sedrin said...
I think it would've been funnier if the main character used cigarettes as a weapon. Running around, sticking cigarettes in the enemies' mouths, lighting them up and watching them choke to death.
...somehow, despite the fact that they are robots...
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6-25-2008 @ 3:06PM
MasterWolf said...
Yeah they have been playing for a while now, at first I thought it was another game fly or energy drink commercial. I do not know why somebody actually made this.
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6-25-2008 @ 4:14PM
Peff said...
That gun seems like a gun in any UT games. mmm...
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6-25-2008 @ 4:30PM
SharpBlade said...
I will check this out after my smoke break!
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6-25-2008 @ 4:31PM
Magic Whiskey said...
Eye catching and pretty cool.
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6-25-2008 @ 4:49PM
Jon said...
How pathetic is this? Some EPA greenie decided that we need to start injecting political agendas in video games? Well obviously this is not the first time this has been tried. Kind of reminds of that wacked out games for change stalinist organization that trys to promote developers that make games where the hero is the U.N comming to the rescue to save all of humanity from global warming LOL! What a buch of huey! Please keep your pertrulie stinking hands of our video games.
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6-25-2008 @ 11:50PM
badarsemother3k said...
Dude, what the fuck are you on about? This is an anti-cigarette advertisement targeting kids. It isn't a real game. It isn't promoting anti cigarette messages in games. It really seems like all you are trying to do is talk about your politics and make yourself seem smart. You can put your opinions away and pick up a controller or go to a different blog.
6-25-2008 @ 8:34PM
Birdshake said...
Solid Snake frowns on this shenanigans.
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6-26-2008 @ 12:54AM
Flakundenga said...
Florida FTW!!! no kiddin, but in all seriousness i hate smokers >:(
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6-26-2008 @ 9:12AM
Akukami said...
I'm surprised they actually took the time to make it look...good. Not the best thing in the world but atleast it doesn't look like a Poser reject like those 5 hour energy drink commercials I've been seeing lately. The one with that woman running past a tank?
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6-26-2008 @ 11:48AM
Jon said...
badarsemother3k, What am I on about??? did you make it through grammer school? I think you missed the point. Yes they are targeting kids with an anti-smoking ad showing a video game be it real or not does not matter. My point that I am trying to make is that this is not isolated to ads but rather it is indeed being injected directly into games themselves. Google "games for change" and see what I am talking about. There is an active movement by activist trying to brainwash kids by means of developing games directly tied to thier political views.
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6-27-2008 @ 4:19AM
cadaver said...
that looks better than quake wars...
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