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For you fat, lazy, gaming slobs

Discussion in 'Video Game Forum' started by muff_spelunker, Feb 28, 2005.

  1. Feb 28, 2005 at 3:25 PM #1
    muff_spelunker

    muff_spelunker teutonic twit

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    Sony Puts Pizza Ordering in Videogames

    Fri Feb 25, 7:29 AM ET Technology - AP
    PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer

    NEW YORK - Demonstrating a deep understanding of what its computer-gaming audience, Sony has built the ability to order pizza into its latest online multiplayer game.

    Type the command "/pizza" while playing Everquest II, a fantasy game with 330,000 active players, and get the Pizza Hut Web site, where you can place orders for delivery.

    Chris Kramer, spokesman for Sony Online Entertainment, said he believes this is the first time a game accepts orders for real-world items.

    Sony plans to integrate the pizza function more tightly into the game, so players can charge pizza to their monthly game subscription bill.

    "The goal for the future is to eventually let people do more things like this," Kramer said. "They could type /harry potter and get the new Harry Potter (news - web sites) book delivered or /star wars and get the new Star Wars DVD."

    Many games incorporate ads and product placements, but such opportunities are limited with fantasy games like Everquest.

    Though the new pizza feature might satisfy appetites, caution is required as the game doesn't pause while you're ordering.

    "You wouldn't want to order pizza in the thick of combat, but anywhere that's safe is a good place," said Kramer.
     
  2. Feb 28, 2005 at 3:31 PM #2
    Science

    Science Puerto Rican of the Sea

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    Next time just say "gamers" -- the fat, lazy and slob parts are a given.
     
  3. Feb 28, 2005 at 3:32 PM #3
    muff_spelunker

    muff_spelunker teutonic twit

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    :rofl: just spelled out the stereotype.
     
  4. Feb 28, 2005 at 3:48 PM #4
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    magnus Chump-proof

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    Wow. Gotta love capitalism - eager and ready to feast on the lonely and desperate hungry mouths of weirdos. Why, if only the pizza man could answer the door himself.
     
  5. Feb 28, 2005 at 4:12 PM #5
    Playa

    Playa The coach is a near

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    You forgot ugly, lazy, and disrespectful.
     
  6. Feb 28, 2005 at 8:58 PM #6
    PantherFanz

    PantherFanz Go Panthers

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    You should be able to battle an online pizza delivery orc lord and if victorious, get the pie for free...
     
  7. Mar 1, 2005 at 1:04 AM #7
    KrackMonkey

    KrackMonkey Got a light?

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    he would have to be at LEAST a level 37 to compete with my experience. :ylsuper:
     
  8. Mar 1, 2005 at 7:19 AM #8
    PantherFanz

    PantherFanz Go Panthers

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    Well maybe instead of some lowly orc lord, make it a garlic sauce breathing, bread stick crushing, pepperoni belching, pizza franchise owning dragon. To be fair, it should be a battle of epic proportions. But give people a shot at free pizza and the room would be loaded. You could even have it in an online arena loaded with advertising to make more bank. Cha fucking Ching...

    Ok, excuse me while I make a little call out west....
     
  9. Mar 1, 2005 at 7:53 AM #9
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    You know that could be said for people who post on a forum all the time as well.
     

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