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iPod Touch Gaming Ad Shakes Things Up
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Analog Kid
macrumors G3
puckhead193
macrumors G3
It cool the first time you visit but if you play games multiple times a day seeing that will get annoying...
I think apple is focusing less on the ipod part and more of the games for the touch.
I think apple is focusing less on the ipod part and more of the games for the touch.
carlosbutler
macrumors 6502a
Finally something that flash is very, very good at. These adverts (the ipod touch and wii) are very cleverly done. Dont really know why you are moaning and bitching since it only takes up about 10 seconds of your life to watch it (the ipod one that is). you could just enjoy it and not be negative about it. but hey, everyone has their own opinion...
Scooterman1
macrumors 6502a
Small White Car
macrumors G4
After years of ads that cover up content and block me from where I want to be, this is a huge step in the right direction.
You can instantly move to any link and it doesn't block you from doing so. No problem at all.
137489
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Very cool ad. I thinks it's pretty cool how the Yahoo banner transitions from functional HTML to a look-alike Flash app and then back again, all seemlessly. Very clever. I see this type of ad taking off (I saw above that Nintendo actually bear them too it), and in even more creative ways. It definitely grabs your attention and holds it.
Although clever in idea, the actual ad would have been very easy to make. The ad agency probably got a healthy amount of dosh for that.
squirrelist
macrumors regular
137489
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Great for gamers, but you know what? what about the rest of us that actualy work?
Where is my iSlate-tablet with mobile OS X/ilife/iwork and cut/copy and paste. all you need to do is make the ipod touch 9-inches, add a couple of USB's and a Mini-display port.
And yes, why do all these games look so 1997-ish and resemble the graphics of Donky Kong or Super Mario Brothers.
Edit - ok, you know what combine that with the 3-D and the holographic images we had in the prior threads. At a touch of Cirtual reality Now that would be cool. Imagine yourself in a holographic room, ducking at the wavy text and stuff coming out at you.
Second thought - if you suffer from sea sickness, maybe not (I don't so I would hop in).
DavidLeblond
macrumors 68020
I hate this kind of ads.
Just like when id went to myspace earlier, a lot of monsters, movie trailers appear on the screen and of course the annoying background design and very slow.
NOT COOL!
Just like when id went to myspace earlier, a lot of monsters, movie trailers appear on the screen and of course the annoying background design and very slow.
NOT COOL!
ivladster
macrumors 6502
Agg, whatever. These ads are at least pleasant to look at. What are you the "GET $10,000 in a month, flashing red, blue and green" kind of ad person? Yeah.... 🙄
Scooterman1
macrumors 6502a
Very good observation. It is ridiculous, to say the least, that Apple finds that using Flash in their Ads is so advantageous that they prohibit the very device they are using in the Ad from using Flash. and..... the iPhone.
Am I right if I say that you can't view the ad outside the USA? I only get an ad with a link to "Learn More" no option to play the ad. 🙁
Maybe it's your browser. I get the static ad when I visit games.yahoo.com with opera and the flash ad when I visit with safari (I don't live in the US). Really nice ad but I didn't find any play button. It started playing as soon as the page loaded.