18:48 
Tue, 2nd December 2008
Officials Pull Chicago’s GTA Bus Ads
After a topical Fox affiliate’s inform asking the demeanor of covering ads for Grand Theft Auto IV on the lateral of Chicago’s open buses in reddened of past shootings, the installation system’s polity hit condemned state and distant the spots.
Far from an unaccompanied incident, this stylish advertizing blacklisting for GTA follows kindred installation dominance decisions in Denver, Beantown and Portland, Oregon.
Despite the shout they’ve created, the ads are kinda benign. They feature plain pictures of the game’s characters in the title’s mode prowess style, still by but combine the text “Grand,” “Theft,” and “Auto” they’ve worn the ira of prince Murdoch’s Newscorp, and the resulting semipolitical oppose that carries with it.
In Chicago: GTA IV Ads to Be Pulled From Buses as Transit Authority Caves to Pressure [GamePolitics]
Image: jbracken/Flickr
Melted From: Wired: Game|Life
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