As you can see , video games are making a nice place for advertising, but will tacky or good? Here is the linked article with snippet: SOURCE: CNET News.com 'Spectator advertising' next frontier in games Published: May 18, 2005, 9:32 AM PDT - By Reuters Video game players face a plethora of ads in games, from billboards on virtual streets to soft drink machines. Now the industry has a new target in mind--video game spectators. As the video game industry gathers in Los...

An XBOX shortage? Really? So does this mean people like the XBOX now? LOL It is moving upwards and onwards to the level of the Playstation? Did Halo2 create such an event where XBOX's become hard to get? One ponders and things of the future gaming system.... I other thoughts... --- I think games will find a new revenue stream and that will be on-line play and interaction. You buy a game, play it on the consol, but it gets a new life when you extend it to on-line. maybe even new lev...

SOURCE NYTIMES Taking Their Game to the Next Level EYES ON THE PRIZE Tournaments that pay have sprung up worldwide. Matt Leto, left, won $20,000 in an event last year. Charlie Pyo, third from left, and Team 3D, right, taking part in the World Cyber Games' American finals. By ERIC A. TAUB Published: October 7, 2004 MASSAGING his hands like a pianist preparing for a concert, Zyos steadied himself on the plain metal chair, staring intently at the television perched on a table ...