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Old 08-25-2008, 12:49 AM   #1
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Default Horrible Irony of Game Marketing: Call of Duty & NASCAR



Let's see how long it takes for anyone to get the irony.
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Old 08-25-2008, 01:03 AM   #2
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wah wah waaaaah
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Old 08-25-2008, 01:14 PM   #3
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so this is the advertisement in the nascar game?
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Old 08-25-2008, 01:19 PM   #4
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it was this last weekends race at bristol one of the sponsors is game stop and they'll have games sponsor the car nationwide series joe gibbs racing
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Old 08-25-2008, 02:23 PM   #5
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Hey - isnt that a pushrod V8 Toyota Camry???
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Old 08-25-2008, 06:34 PM   #6
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i think thats the IRONY lol ... RC lol haha
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Old 08-26-2008, 07:31 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by RC45 View Post
Hey - isnt that a pushrod V8 Toyota Camry???
yeah i was thinking that's the point but then again the advertisement seemed even more out of place... at least to me *confused*

but yeah the toyoduh is teh lame
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Old 08-26-2008, 08:16 AM   #8
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Ah, RC beat me to the punch!
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Old 08-28-2008, 10:58 AM   #9
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No no, it has the Lexus V8 in it
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Old 08-28-2008, 11:00 AM   #10
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Well. It's ironic if you knew what the game was about. CoD5 will be based on the WWII Pacific Campaign by large. So yeah... Game about that on a "Japanese" car...
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Old 08-28-2008, 11:06 AM   #11
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I thought all WWII era games were about kicking Jap and Jerry back to where they came from??
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