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revil
09-10-2003, 09:12 PM
check it out: http://www.ign.com/
Memo
09-10-2003, 10:00 PM
Ya, it's off the wall advertising. Penny arcade had a funny strip about it: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3
glagic
09-10-2003, 10:07 PM
oh my...ive seen advertising on web sites...but this is just going overboard
sbp
09-11-2003, 12:09 AM
Thats just sad. :2far:

Long ago IGN.com used to be one of my favorite sites. The downhill began with subscriptions and then the ad situation finished it off.
sladekos
09-11-2003, 05:34 AM
Originally posted by UT Memo
Ya, it's off the wall advertising. Penny arcade had a funny strip about it: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3

Wow! Penny arcade was almost funny that time! A few more years at it and I may even break into a smile.
Cantacuzene
09-11-2003, 09:56 AM
Originally posted by sladekos


Wow! Penny arcade was almost funny that time! A few more years at it and I may even break into a smile.

Agreed.
Nija
09-11-2003, 10:19 AM
Originally posted by UT Memo
Ya, it's off the wall advertising. Penny arcade had a funny strip about it: http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3

:heh:

I love Penny Arcade
Memo
09-11-2003, 12:00 PM
I know I know, penny arcade is usually NOT funny, one in 50 issues will be but I thought the whole thing with them eating each other was funny. They usually haev funny ideas but they are really bad at delivery
ski
09-11-2003, 03:25 PM
Hmmmm... I don't see a trace of McD's anywhere on the site -- is it gonzo?
gear02
09-11-2003, 03:34 PM
they took it down because it was probably distasteful for 9/11

it'll probably be back tomorrow since IGN sucks
CluelessSi
09-24-2003, 06:13 AM
I still don't see it... though they now have ads in the middle of the front page =P
gear02
09-24-2003, 06:32 AM
i guess the backlash hurt them and so they stopped putting McD's ads.

Now we need to do something about their content :D
coleslaw
09-25-2003, 12:00 PM
Originally posted by gear02
Now we need to do something about their content

IGN has gotten really bad about marking their Insider content as such. They used to mark links with a little "i" logo if it was for Insiders only. Now, it doesn't seem like they do that. I've clicked on a few links this past week that have taken me to a page asking me to become an Insider, but it looked like a normal "free" link. Total let down.