the thing with sponsored adds in podcasts is you are more likely to
skip them just like you are more likely to close your popups rather
than reading them.
However if there is something I absolutely loathe its when a
podcaster or reviewer reviews their own product, some of them can
sound like the salesmen in a store or the adds on tv.
They want you to buy, and I don't want to trust that its all good.
At 07:24 PM 1/18/2013, you wrote:
Hi Charles,
I agree with you in principle. Although, I can remember a few cases
where I heard the audio trailer/trailers and wasn't sure if I liked
the game or not. Despite trying to make the game sound great in the
trailer in the end it was the demo that decided me to buy or not to
buy. So to answer your question no I don't think a person can fully
judge a product based on the add and end user reviews.
In fact, I can remember cases where I got burned because of an add. As
a kid I would get all excited about some toy or other because the
commercials made it look so totally cool. When I finally got that toy
for Christmas I was sometimes disappointed because it wasn't exactly
as advertized. The TV commercials always made it look different than
the actual product or hid things from the kids watching Saturday
morning cartoons that were not immediately obvious until you saw the
product in person.
One of the more memorable examples of this is the Over Lord's ice
castle from Black Star. Back in the mid 80's there was a cartoon
called Black Star. The villain, the Over Lord, lived in a castle made
of ice. Well, the commercial for that particular toy was shot outside,
in the snow, with the Ice Castle in the middle of the snow. The kids
with the toys were behind the castle with the Over Lord standing on
top and another kid with Black Star out front. In other words the
entire commercial was shot from the front and you never got to see the
inside of the castle. As it turned out the toy was a pile of junk and
wasn't as advertized.
All the same I remember I begged my parents for the ice castle, and I
got it for Christmas. Perhaps 84 or 85. When we got it out of the box
and put it together it was obvious to me, even then, that it was junk.
All it basically was is a large plastic piece that was the front of
the castle, a plastic thrown for the Over Lord that set next to the
drawbridge, and a cheap piece of cardboard for the floor. In short, a
whole lot of nothing that cost like $20 or $30 at the time. Had I been
shown the real toy as it really was I doubt I would have wanted it so
bad, but the commercial made it so much larger and more grand than it
really was in reality.
In contrast one of my relatives had a Barbie princess palace that was
10 times more complex than the ice castle. It had beds, a winding
staircase, tables, chairs, etc and while it cost more than the ice
castle I would have given much to have a toy castle like that for my
action figures when I was a kid. Too bad the Barbie castle was pink.
Might have made a great castle playset for boys and girls.
On 1/17/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote:
> Come to think of it, have you ever heard of a game, or any product for that
>
> matter, that did not sound great in the advertisement for it? With this in
>
> mind, can you accurately judge a product by it's ad? The same is
true for a
>
> trailer. This is why I think that a demo is the most honest and
best way to
>
> judge a game. You try before you buy and you be the judge. This is why I
> am in favor of game demos.
>
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