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History Proves That Videogame Ads Are Awful
headcold writes "Scott Sharkey of 1UP just penned his third retrospective of Game Ads, The Best Worst Ads 3, this time culling the tragedies from a stack of old CGWs. Where the two earlier installments dealt with the atrocious videogame ads from the late eighties and early nineties, respectively, this episode explores computer game ads from the mid-to-late nineties — proving, at last, that advertising sucked as recently as eight years ago."
"Oh god, that woman is John Romero!"
Thank god I wasn't drinking any coffee.... at any rate, I've now found a new sig... score :)
Oh god, that woman is John Romero!
At least, they didn't say that video game ads cause violence.
1: The Toyota MR2 - one of my favorite cars, but I'm pretty sure I would not have bought one based on this commercial alone:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fHCVFrf5FKg
2: Nissan 280Z - check out this guys mustache! I'm pretty sure this guy was the basis for Ben Stiller's character in Dodgeball:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=owK0sWEMN3k
3: The worst of them all - the Buick Grand National. I haven't been able to make i through the whole commercial it's so embarrassing just to watch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drBYWdKDCfg
2) People don't post on Slashdot because they're smart.
Hey! No I'm...doesn't!
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
It's the Legend Of Zelda and it's really rad,
...I'll stop myself.
Those monsters from Ganon are pretty bad.
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"shorter, and quicker"? If your time is that goddamn valuable, maybe you shouldn't be reading an article about old videogame ads.
Hey, clearly as an ad, that one kicked ass! Jesus, decades later you can still remember it? That's fricking genius.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.