Advertising

Virtual Ad Space


Want to reach the gamer audience? Microsoft-owned Massive Incorporated has it figured out: sell ad space in the virtual universes of video games. The above screenshot from the game “Anarchy Online” illustrates the point beautifully. If you’re promoting Batman Begins, why buy a generic billboard on the freeway where you speak to the questionably interested masses when you could buy a VG billboard with it’s targeted (and lucrative) demographic? Impressive. With new media you can always drill deeper …