About this episode
Paying them for the privilege to see their ads? Gross. Support Inside Games on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/insidegamesYT Hosted by: Lawrence: http://twitch.tv/sirlarr | Bruce: http://twitch.tv/brucegreene | Charlotte: http://twitch.tv/whatashow Edited by: ShooklynTV: https://twitter.com/ShooklynTV Written by: Lawrence Sonntag & Brian Gaar: https://www.twitch.tv/briangaar Sources -- [X, @PC_Focus_] https://twitter.com/PC_Focus_/status/1728007758958469414 [reddit, r/xboxone] Just got an in-game advertisement when I tried to go to the map - https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/181fbvn/just_got_an_ingame_advertisement_when_i_tried_to/ [Eurogamer] Ubisoft blames Assassin's Creed in-game Black Friday pop-up ads on technical error - https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-blames-assassins-creed-in-game-black-friday-pop-up-ads-on-technical-error [GamesIndustry.biz] Ubisoft says technical error caused in-game ads in Assassin's Creed - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-says-technical-error-caused-in-game-ads-in-assassins-creed [The Verge] Microsoft’s fullscreen Xbox pop-up ads don’t have to be annoying - https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/3/23945174/microsoft-xbox-fullscreen-pop-up-ad-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-xbox-consoles [Techspot] A Brief History of In-Game Advertising - https://www.techspot.com/article/2355-about-in-game-advertising/ [reddit, r/gaming] https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/avmirm/ea_once_attempted_ingame_advertising_in_2006_with/ [reddit, r/gaming] Alan Wake Energizer Product Placement - https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/10x7x1u/alan_wake_energizer_product_placement/ [YouTube, GetRektNoob] Death Stranding - Drinking Monster Energy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcv9zX9rFa4 [Eurogamer] 2K under fire for adding unskippable in-game ads to the full-price NBA 2K21 a month after release - https://www.eurogamer.net/2k-under-fire-for-adding-unskippable-in-game-ads-to-the-full-price-nba-2k21-a-month-after-release [X, @NBA2K] https://twitter.com/NBA2K/status/1318618431848026112 [Gamespot] EA signs up for more in-game ads - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-signs-up-for-more-in-game-ads/1100-6175614/ [reddit, r/MortalKombat] Why the hell is there an Ad in a whole fighting game I paid for?? - https://www.reddit.com/r/MortalKombat/comments/139aebz/why_the_hell_is_there_an_ad_in_a_whole_fighting/ Music — Switch It Up - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/r_HRbXhOir8 Get Back - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/iQYmgOrPEvs Kula - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena https://youtu.be/0bywp0qTVNo Funk Down - MK2 https://youtu.be/SPN_Ssgqlzc