Comments on: Top 7 PR Disasters: Case Studies on How Not to Promote Games http://gigaom.com/2007/03/22/top-7-pr-disasters-case-studies-on-how-not-to-promote-games/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Komodo http://gigaom.com/2007/03/22/top-7-pr-disasters-case-studies-on-how-not-to-promote-games/#comment-139529 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:55:11 +0000 http://gigagamez.com/2007/03/22/top-7-pr-disasters-case-studies-on-how-not-to-promote-games/#comment-139529 In GTA, I can shoot people in the face and run them over with a harvester. Why complain about violence when there’s sex things to worry about, right?

]]> By: Techzi » Blog Archive » Top 7 PR Disasters: Case Studies on How Not to Promote Games http://gigaom.com/2007/03/22/top-7-pr-disasters-case-studies-on-how-not-to-promote-games/#comment-139526 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:37:16 +0000 http://gigagamez.com/2007/03/22/top-7-pr-disasters-case-studies-on-how-not-to-promote-games/#comment-139526 [...] Some curious omissions from the recent past are the Infinium Labs Phantom, the Nokia N-Gage, and the Tiger Telematics Gizmondo. Perhaps GamesRadar felt they weren’t significant enough to mention, but millions of dollars were pumped into the PR efforts of each product and the respective companies having little or nothing to show for it. (more…) [...]

]]> By: Raymond Padilla http://gigaom.com/2007/03/22/top-7-pr-disasters-case-studies-on-how-not-to-promote-games/#comment-139527 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:52:37 +0000 http://gigagamez.com/2007/03/22/top-7-pr-disasters-case-studies-on-how-not-to-promote-games/#comment-139527 Hey Tom! It’s been a while.

Well, you’re a PR professional. Why don’t you name some PR disasters that come to mind? I bet you could dominate most of your competitors in a throw down.

]]> By: Tom Ohle http://gigaom.com/2007/03/22/top-7-pr-disasters-case-studies-on-how-not-to-promote-games/#comment-139528 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:22:39 +0000 http://gigagamez.com/2007/03/22/top-7-pr-disasters-case-studies-on-how-not-to-promote-games/#comment-139528 no, RPad, YOU’RE the biggest PR disaster. mm hmm. In all honesty, though, I thought GamesRadar’s list was way too easy. They could have hit a lot harder, but probably chose not to, so as to not jeopardize their relationships with PR reps. Too bad, I was hoping for some throwdowns.

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