Message no. 1

From:	bryan.covington@****.COM
Subject:	Re: Roleplaying in 205X (was Re: Fashion in SR (was Re: armored k
Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:40:35 -0400

> It would not necessarily need to be for only the wealthy, imagine a
> startup
> company offering VR LARP open systems with expert system design
> utilities... A gm
> could sign up and begin "building" a world from "stock" parts
maybe
> even tied to a
> more convential game. Then his players could pay a modest access fee
> to be able
> to play. This fee could be kept to a minimum due to "mandatory"
> advertisement
> segments at the beginning of each session. And on the darker side,
> with it being
> in VR/Simsense, a less scrupulous company/advertiser could program in
> subliminal
> suggestions making the game and the advertised products slightly
> addictive.
>
I could easily see them being more subtle. For those who
have seen the Truman Show their advertising was beautiful. Something
like that would likely arrive. Everyone would say the entire name of
their weapon (e.g. "Man glad I had my Ares Predator III back there, sure
saved my butt!"). Kinda like (please don't judge me) NASCAR drivers when
they talk about how well the <insert corp> <insert car maker> (e.g.
Havoline Ford) ran today.