Megan FoxNov 13, 2023

Don't use real brands in your games/novels

Not because you can't, but because you often can in novels at least— but shouldn't, because you're giving mega corps free advertising.

I mean there's other good reasons too, like "inventing dumb fake brands is half the fun", but that's plenty reason already. Don't lick boots, even if they taste like Oreo.

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@glassbottommeg worth noting for all the folks who think using real brands is more immersive: it often doesn’t work cross-culturally anyway. The world is more global than it was and UK/US are more aligned than many, but still I often can’t tell if a lot of American brands are real or fictional 😉
Nov 13, 2023 at 10:05amWeb