Can you remember a time when you could seek refuge in a few hours of videogaming, and not have to worry about being bombarded with in-game ads? Well thanks to a recent agreement between Microsoft and EA Sports, that special memory is going to get a lot harder to recall. Just today, Microsoftannouncedthat it will start streaming ads into several familiar sports titles, including those yearlyupdatesdelights:Madden,NASCAR,NHL,Tiger Woods, and the other upcoming game from EA calledSkate.
I might be able to overlook a few well-placed (as in not painfully obvious) ads here and there, but I start to cringe at the thought of thevariety that sucksthe life out of our precious bandwidth. Be cautious dear gamers….be very, very cautious. Now if you’ll pardon me, I need to do a little research on how to block ad-servers on the router level.
[Thanks to Detry, and the army of tipsters who brought this to our attention]
