Obama billed $44.5K for in-game advertising

Joystiq's blog service is owned by AOL, so I am pretty sure it didn't cost Joystiq a cent.

AOL makes me feel so so dirty ughhh

why is it just roses and pedals when obama is running? He is in favor of partial birth abortion. Try cutting up a baby in your wife's womb and tell me it is humane. That is just one example. He has a very very shady history with some very shady characters. Think people.

mccain is no "maverick" either. he has been washy on many things but he definitely gets blasted a lot more than a grunt on halo 3!

seriously people, please do more research excluding CNN, MSNBC, and alot if not all of the newspapers out there. and if you do, cross reference them. don't let the tv think for you!

this is like picking the better of two bads!
1) eat rotten food
2) eat food that was found in the dumpster

if i could pick, condoleezza rice would be president and colin powell, vp. *note: I am not african american/black

You tell us to do research shortly after spewing misinformed junk?

Yeah, Obama is in favor of partial birth abortions, but ONLY if the birth of the child would drastically lower the woman's chance of surviving giving birth.

What's wrong with using all of the media outlets? I don't know why you would exclude CNN and MSNBC... you don't watch Fox News, do you?

I don't see what's so evil about socialism. I lived in Germany and Austria for a few years and things there seemed to work much better. Public transportation was extensive and a breeze to use. Medical care was all taken care of. I had to go into an emergency room in the middle of the night once. It cost me zilch.

We already have socialized services such as the Post Office, Police Dept. and Fire. I don't see what's wrong in helping other people out.

Whoops, that was meant for further down.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

Welcome to Joystiq, Trident. People WILL call your BS here.

Just...don't.

It is a horrifying waste of money, and shows you how misplaced the Obama campaign's priorities are.

For that kind of money, instead of putting ads in videogames, they could have afforded to clothe Sarah Palin for a week.

...or bring Africa's poorest countries out of complete crisis they are in now.

Sure, the money could be better spent elsewhere, but it's important that Obama get his message out to as many people as possible, because we need to be freed from a Republican presidency.

People donated money to his campaign for this specific purpose, so there shouldn't be any problem if that's the way he spends it.

Also according to campaign finance laws if this money ended up in the hands of anyone who is not involved with the campaign it would be highly illegal.

You can say that contributing to Obama's campaign is like reinvesting into America.

At the risk of starting a huge flame war.

$44k on advertising is a "huge waste of money".

Compared to $10 BILLION spent per MONTH in Iraq? If the guy plans to move out of Iraq (whether or not that is the right thing to do) he could advertise in every videogame in existence and still be in the green in terms of money saved.

For someone criticizing America and its spending, Jakka, I'm surprised this drop in the bucket outrages you instead of things like the recent 'bailout.'

Besides, throwing money at Africa will not solve the problems there.

Obama's campaign has spent over $600 million. This is more than both the Bush and Kerry campaigns spent combined in 2004. Also, in case no one noticed, we are in an economic crisis as this money is coming in.

He doesn't put up a list of people who donate less than $200 unlike what both McCain and Hillary did.

His website doesn't check to make sure that the name of the donor given and that of the credit card are the same. Given this and the previous statement, it's unknown where Obama's money is actually coming from.

If your stupid enough to think that the past 8 yrs is all Republican's/Bush's fault, then you're stupid. Bush took over a declining economy in 2001, and then had 9/11 happen on top of that. It was under the Clinton administration that we saw fair trade open up with other countries while at the same time increasing both energy and corporate taxes to make our buisnesses unable to compete. We also saw the repelling of the regulations on banking institutions and the housing bubble being created by Clinton's move for a house for every family.

I'm an independent that leans libertarian. We need smaller federal government and less spending, which John McCain has pushed for his entire career. Obama is for expanding federal spending. I'm also not a socialist, so Obama's talk of econimic equality in 2001 (youtube, look it up), his ties with the Democratic Socialists of America while running for Chicago state senate, and his "Spread the wealth" terminology.

Yet again, I will vote this against Obama, instead of voting for someone to be president.

Accidentaly posted this above, but here it is again:

I don't see what's so evil about socialism. I lived in Germany and Austria for a few years and things there seemed to work much better. Public transportation was extensive and a breeze to use. Medical care was all taken care of. I had to go into an emergency room in the middle of the night once. It cost me zilch.

We already have socialized services such as the Post Office, Police Dept. and Fire. I don't see what's wrong in helping other people out.

"We need smaller federal government and less spending, which John McCain has pushed for his entire career."

Ah, ok, I see, you must be referring to a different John McCain than the one that is running for president. Because I happen to know THAT John McCain isn't for smaller federal govt or less spending by any means.

"If your stupid enough to think that the past 8 yrs is all Republican's/Bush's fault, then you're stupid."

Also, nice redundancy. To clarify, the nonsense in Iraq is absolutely Bush's fault, just to clarify. It'd be stupid to say otherwise, if you do, you're stupid.

Iraq = All ??

The financial meltdown showed us how well Libertarianism works. The regulators believed that the banks would work in their own best interests, and thus didn't need more regulation (in fact reduced it). And it didn't turn out, because of some combination of foolishness and greed.

Libertarianism is a good ideal, and nothing more. Like Communism.

@Vcize,

I don't mean this as attack on you so I hope you don't take it the wrong way.

The American army will never leave Iraq. Never. Never. Never. The presence may not be as large but there will always be military installations in the area. Anybody who tells you otherwise is a liar.

@John

"Because people shouldn't be FORCEd to give what they make to someone else.

Sharing is great, but when you are forced to give money you worked for to someone else, it is theft."

so, it sounds like you are saying that Taxes in general are theft, which i think most people would agree is an extreme position. taxes are annoying, but they pay for the services that we all enjoy like roads, firefighters, police, the armed services, etc...

@Josh

What is radical is that only 40% of households pay any income tax at all. Many actually only get money back through the tax system. And under Obama's plan, he's going to be cutting checks to those who pay little income tax. Basically, only 40% of American's pay income tax today. Under Obama's plan, this will be extended. What he's doing is offering "tax credits." No matter what you pay, you get this check back from the government after you pay. If you pay $10k in taxes, and you get back $2k in credits, you still are paying that 8k. Now, if you are working, but then don't make enough to pay income taxes(

That's what I was thinking.

"What the fuck is the INTERNET?!"

Obviously they were afraid the tubes would be clogged, and they'd send out their own personal Internet and not have it received until tuesday... It's not a Big Truck!

The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another.

The key to world peace, in other words.

I'm joking, but kinda serious. Check out this interview:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/us/politics/13text-mccain.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print.

"Q: But do you go on line for yourself?
Mr. McCain: They go on for me. I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself."

This from July 2008.

The thing is, if we go to Joystiq, the well, we are savvy (and passionate about games). Compared to the average Joe who use the internet to Google "boobies".

I think use and comfort with technology is more of a generational thing, although there certainly are people much older than I that were programming BASIC when I was in diapers as well as younger people than myself who are much more comfortable with integrating technology into their daily lives. Regardless of age I'd like to have a president who, when creating the laws that govern and impact technology, is somewhat more saavy than the average Joe Plumber. It's admitedly my personal preference.

You know, people did actually get work done before the Internet existed.

I know quite a few people who are very uncomfortable with technology. Many of them don't see a need for it, and therefore the effort to learn it is not there. I even see it from people my age (late 20's), although it's not as prevalent.

Besides, if you're the President, why the heck would you need e-mail or the Internet when you get a briefing on what you need to know every day? I'd leave it behind in a heartbeat if I could.

Add that too the money they can save digitally distributing games and its going to cost next to nothing for new games!

SWEEEEET!

No its just insurance money for developers/publishers just in case their games with massive development budgets fail.

Also helps with DLC, Obama paid for those bikes you'll be using soon.

SARCASM, Your detecting it wrong.

Grammar, you're doing it wrong.

Amen.

JUST LET IT BE OVER. I'm getting to the point where I don't give a crap who our next president is- JUST MAKE THEM SHUTUP.

I'll be glad when the daily poll averages are off my homepage, thank you very much

Though as a democrat, i like where the numbers are now, they make me nervous. Like Obama said, we could readily grasp defeat from the jaws of victory here

Sure, the elections will be done soon, but don't forget the weeks of lawsuits that will probably follow if the election is too close.

Fun fact, Obama's donations come from everyday people like you and me for a whopping average of $85 dollars.

I am GLAD that someone like me can influence an election of my lifetime MORE than some mega corporation. He rufuses special interest money and instead relies on SMALL contributions from the everyday American.

Soon, this nightmare will be over and America can be BORN AGAIN!!!

Obama/Biden 08/12

That's rather cynical, "sure...".

The budget helps, certainly. But the message has to be good as well.

If Obama's message was as negative and ill-conceived as McCain's, I doubt any budget could have saved it. Republicans have turned the U.S. in a poor direction, and people want it to change. This is what Obama brings to the plate, and that's why he's popular.

Fun fact: the low contributions are so he doesn't have to reveal their source.
Fun fact: many of them have been traced to Iran.
Fun fact: campaign finance reform was something everyone screamed about, until of course it might have hobbled the chosen one.
Fun fact: when the world is brainwashed, nobody seems to care about rule of law.

Fun fact=about Bass Masterson: He has been banned before for being an epic douche!
Going for another, kid?

That's not a fact. That's a fabrication of your sad little mind.

^^^ Meant for the retard, Bass.

Bass,

The era of Hate, bigotry, division, INtolerance, and ignorance is AT AN END!!!! Deal with it, the Rethugulans and the Xtian right have almost DESTROYED this country and it will take at least a decade to rebuild this country that I LOVE.

You and your rupublican brainwashed brain are the one who's head is in the sand. WAKE UP!!!! Look at this country right now, broke, loss of respect around the world, full of lying, stealing corporate assholes that have thrived since Dubya took office.

In spite of your ignorance and hate, I welcome you to a NEW AGE of tolerance, understanding, honor, honesty, and giving Nation that we once were and WILL BE again under the once in a generation leadership of

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!!!!!

Prying open America's 3rd eye.