Bing it

[jiaco]

This makes me laugh so hard. First they are dumb enough to name a search engine bing, then they think that paying money to say "bing it" on tv would do something positive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHuZ5qrYX4

Your windows license dollars at work.

[Renevent]

Very poor product placement...with that said...product placement/advertising is very effective and driving product recognition. I can't stand it though, and cringe every time I see stuff like that in movies/TV shows.

I'm very grateful that up to this point it's (for the most part) stayed out of gaming, though, I can't imagine at some point it will eventually be a norm there too.

[Roros]

Heh reminds me of this one. Watch the whole thing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFNmEOntFA) for the lol effect (since it's so sudden and out of place), but if you're like me and have trouble sitting through it, skip to the relevant bit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFNmEOntFA#t=1m55).

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[Rainier Wolfcastle]

Sad part is though that bing is the default search provider for internet explorer which a lot of people still use. They don't know enough about their own browser to change it and just leave it alone thus Microsoft will get that marketshare.

[Opal Monkey]

Owwwwwwww!

They must have paid a mint to get that long of a closeup on the phone.

[eisprinzessin]

Watch the whole thing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFNmEOntFA) for the lol effect (since it's so sudden and out of place), but if you're like me and have trouble sitting through it, skip to the relevant bit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGFNmEOntFA#t=1m55).
Thanx for the 2nd link - I completely missed the product placement, when watching the whole thing and was wondering what was so bad about this clip (yes, the song of course and that MC didn't undress completely ... ah, you can't have everything).

[DeAdOne]

I remember when pretty much any search engine beside yahoo blew.Atleast bing seems to be an improvement from MSN search. I personally dont use it but my dad does. Still the name and the phase "bing it" is lame but then again so is "google it".

[Overlord]

You mean people use other search engines? I thought Google was the only one, not really but you get my point ;)

[Rainier Wolfcastle]

what about cuil? the search engine of the former google employee that was supposed to be the google killer and its was broken and sucked a ton.

[icedmetal57]

Yeah this reminds me of some annoying product placement I saw in one of the new episodes of 30 Rock, as in this current season, I don't remember what it was but I just remember it being really stupid and annoying. I've seen every episode thus far of that show and there had been plenty of product placement in that show, mainly for comedic purposes, but in one of these recent episodes it seemed like deliberate product placement without any comedic value to it.

Is it just me, or has product placement in film/television seemed to become increasingly annoying recent years? I know it's been around for a while but it was never in your face and annoying as it seems to be now in a lot of things.

[Renevent]

Speaking of in-game product placement:



The games journalism equivalent of binology involves scouring the job advertisements that developers post, seeking clues as to the content of future titles. Say Popcap were to exhibit a desire to hire a Masters degree wielding “actual unicorn-handler with three years experience of rainbow-wrangling” I would assume Peggle 2 was a glorious physical playground rather than a digital toy. That hasn’t happened, but a poster at NeoGAF spotted that Blizzard are looking to recruit a Franchise Development Producer for their “next-gen MMO”, with one of the main responsibilities being to “work with major consumer brands to facilitate product placement and licensing within the world of Blizzard Entertainment’s next-gen MMO”. Hmmmm.

I can’t think of many existing products that would fit into a fantasy or far-future world and, in keeping with that, the speculatrix is muttering wildly about modern day or near-future settings. Titan is already considered to be a sci-fi type of thing but perhaps this is enough to warrant belief that our own culture and its commercial products will be the focus. I wonder what the flesh of Professor Zarglebrox Pepper, Dr Pepper’s great great great great great great great grandson, tastes like when distilled into a liquid form?

It seems highly possible that this could also betoken an alternative revenue stream to the subscription models of prehistory (and SW:TOR). The full listing is here.

Let’s see: in a world where real-life products exist, in-game advertising is an aid to realism; all in-game advertising is evil; in-game advertising is a decent alternative to paying a subscription; I am unhappy and believe there will still be a subscription price; drinking Pepsi to regain health is terrible and wrong, and it is precisely what will definitely be happening; ACTIVISIOOOOOON!!!

Print that out and circle your choice or add your own thoughts below. I suppose you could even just shrug and move on. It is your life!

:rolleyes: