Obama Campaign Hits Video Game Consoles!

Barack Obama says, Yes We Can!...go for it on 4th and 22 from your own 8-yard line, with three minutes left in the fourth quarter up 56...

"The Obama camp has bought “billboard space” within nine video games, all from Electronic Arts: “Madden ’09,” “NBA Live ’08,” “Burnout Paradise,” “Nascar 09,” “Need For Speed Carbon,” “Need For Speed Pro Street,” “NFL on Tour,” “NHL ’09” and “Skate.”

Screenshot from NBA 08 (Sun-Times News Group)

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, these virtual ads need to be downloaded, but are slated to run right up until the election in 10 battleground states - Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada and Ohio.

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Obama will be the first candidate to advertise in video games

Tiger Woods Putts a Rubick's Cube...

c/o milk and cookies.



He read that sharp right-to-left break nicely.

A Wii Delicacii...

Darren Rovell posted this morning on a new video game destined to find its way into the Wii Sports Game pak...Major League Eating: The Game

MLE President Rich Shea calls this the game for people who want to be a professional athlete...right.

Check out some game footage below. All I was able to figure out from watching this is that you can burp hot fire at your opponent.



Here's to hoping there is a code to unlock Eric "Badlands" Booker.