tagged w/ Dante's Inferno
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Brian Crecente received a $200 check mailed to him from Electronic Arts in a somewhat-kind-of controversial marketing scheme focused around the upcoming game "Dante's Inferno." Inside, you can see closeup pictures of the box and check itself and a video of Crecente's choice of not cashing the check, but burning it.
The $200 likely came out of EA's marketing budget and would have probably been otherwise spent on advertising, and it's done its job as publicity money, but I can't help but wonder if Crecente could have better spent the money by cashing the check and donating it to a charity of his choice.
Nevertheless, it's an interesting dilemma to give gaming journalists.Brian Crecente received a $200 check mailed to him from Electronic Arts in a... more
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