Comments on: Race, Place, and the PSP http://tokenminorities.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/race-place-and-the-psp/ A blog on Race and Games. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:54:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nheximal http://tokenminorities.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/race-place-and-the-psp/#comment-16 Nheximal Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:31:13 +0000 https://tokenminorities.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/race-place-and-the-psp/#comment-16 That's pretty much exactly how I felt about both ads. Especially regarding the black/white PSP ad, sure, some critics were a little over-excited, the ad is clearly using racial imagery to gather attention. But, I think that the reason the squirrel PSP ad didn't get any attention was, well, it was pretty lame and just didn't draw much attention at all. I remember the "swap" ads where the PSP got passed from one player to the other getting a lot more airtime. That’s pretty much exactly how I felt about both ads. Especially regarding the black/white PSP ad, sure, some critics were a little over-excited, the ad is clearly using racial imagery to gather attention.

But, I think that the reason the squirrel PSP ad didn’t get any attention was, well, it was pretty lame and just didn’t draw much attention at all. I remember the “swap” ads where the PSP got passed from one player to the other getting a lot more airtime.

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