Gamer Seeds Offer Raises Questions
• New flower seeds branded with the Guild Wars 2 video game are being offered for free to UK residents by Seed Saga, a collaboration between ad agencies and the game's developers.
• The seeds include varieties of passiflora, flax, and crimson sunflower. People must apply stating why they deserve the seeds.
• It's unclear what Seed Saga will do with applicants' personal information provided, though one of the ad agencies involved has concerning corporate ties.
• The author sees the seeds as an absurd sign of late capitalism and consumerism gone awry.
• The author jokes these gamer-branded seeds outshine "guerrilla gardening" efforts that plant flowers around cities.