“Last month the worldwide effort to thwart the illegal copying and sales of video games took a turn to the draconian, with a number of publishers introducing new measures that often seemed to impact legitimate gamers as much as pirates.

France-based Ubisoft rolled out a new form of digital rights management that require players of their PC games to stay online at all times to play. Japan-based Sony tested out a new system that would require people purchasing one of their Playstation Portable games used to pay an extra $20 to play online. And Nintendo, taking a page from the music industry, levied a $1.5 million dollar suit against an Australian for copying their games.”

Read more at Kotaku

Advertising is a way for companies to get their products noticed by consumers. Two games that have seemed to find ways to pop in front of my vision starting at the end of summer and continuing to now are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Dragon Age: Origins.

First-person shooters were never my choice of games. The game that I played the most from that genre was the original Half-Life, and that was only in multi-player mode. I guess you can count Metroid Prime 1 and 2, but Nintendo likes to refer to them as first-person adventure games rather than first-person shooter games. Goldeneye is another one, too, but that’s essentially it. I’ve played 3 games made for the first-person perspective.

Advertising for Modern Warfare 2 and Dragon Age is everywhere. And, it’s effective. I’ve never wanted to play a video game so much from mere advertisements. The agencies behind these two juggernaut games did a heck of a job. The developers brought their best work to the table and the high reviews scores are rolling in.

If you’re looking for a first-person shooter, go with Modern Warfare 2.

If you’re looking for an RPG, go with Dragon Age: Origins.

If you can get them both, you’ll be a happy person.

The game that lacked in advertising but should have been as heavily advertised? Metroid Prime Trilogy. Get it together, Nintendo.