Comments on: Capcom to Add Playboy Advertising in “Dead Rising 2″ http://www.gamingangels.com/2010/06/capcom-to-add-playboy-advertising-in-dead-rising-2/ Gaming Community for female gamer or girl gamer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tiffany http://www.gamingangels.com/2010/06/capcom-to-add-playboy-advertising-in-dead-rising-2/comment-page-1/#comment-31961 Tiffany Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:57:36 +0000 http://www.gamingangels.com/?p=33961#comment-31961 A psychology major is something that I happen to be! ;) But yeah, re: the machismo - you've definitely got a point. But wouldn't you think that hunting down zombies is macho enough? It would be a definite study in social psychology of men in general, I suppose. Or at least psychology in advertising (which is generally fascinating stuff, lemme tell ya.) A psychology major is something that I happen to be! ;) But yeah, re: the machismo – you’ve definitely got a point. But wouldn’t you think that hunting down zombies is macho enough? It would be a definite study in social psychology of men in general, I suppose. Or at least psychology in advertising (which is generally fascinating stuff, lemme tell ya.)

]]> By: KagoMegan http://www.gamingangels.com/2010/06/capcom-to-add-playboy-advertising-in-dead-rising-2/comment-page-1/#comment-31948 KagoMegan Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:54:29 +0000 http://www.gamingangels.com/?p=33961#comment-31948 "...Isn’t that normally…well, a time-sensitive activity? Should he even have time to be looking at issues of Playboy?" I said the same thing with the men's magazine thing in Metal Gear. Haha. Well, I guess no matter how hard a straight man tries, he just can't help but stop to take a peek at a naked female. Although I am not a man, I suppose it's also a way to prove your machismo. I see it everyday in the male population of my school, teens talking about stuff like that on the bus, etc. As far as how I feel about them using ads in-game, it's all about profit. Marketing deal = dinero. For both parties. It's not necessary for gameplay, and we all know the famous adage that "sex sells." Even if you have no interest in the Playboy ads themselves, putting a universally recognizable, popular, real-life product in a game might make some gamers go, "Awww, not another ad..." (*ahem* Kojima...) but to others it might help them mentally connect more to the universe that the game takes place in. A fantastic topic of discussion for any psychology major in here... :p ~Meg “…Isn’t that normally…well, a time-sensitive activity? Should he even have time to be looking at issues of Playboy?”

I said the same thing with the men’s magazine thing in Metal Gear. Haha. Well, I guess no matter how hard a straight man tries, he just can’t help but stop to take a peek at a naked female. Although I am not a man, I suppose it’s also a way to prove your machismo. I see it everyday in the male population of my school, teens talking about stuff like that on the bus, etc.

As far as how I feel about them using ads in-game, it’s all about profit. Marketing deal = dinero. For both parties. It’s not necessary for gameplay, and we all know the famous adage that “sex sells.” Even if you have no interest in the Playboy ads themselves, putting a universally recognizable, popular, real-life product in a game might make some gamers go, “Awww, not another ad…” (*ahem* Kojima…) but to others it might help them mentally connect more to the universe that the game takes place in.

A fantastic topic of discussion for any psychology major in here… :p

~Meg

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