There’s no such thing as bad publicity
GamePolitics brings us a story about a game publishing company turning the anti-videogame hype on its head and using it to sell games. The makers of the game “Red Light Center” issued a faux press release that warned of all of the bad (and therefore intriguing to many people) features in their game, such as simulated drug use. This reminds me of the advertising for a summer horror movie a year or two ago that claimed that several people who went to the preview screenings of the movie had to be taken to the hospital. No such thing as bad publicity, huh? Especially when you’re on the fringe and suffering from no publicity, like Red Light Center is.
