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History Proves That Videogame Ads Are Awful

Posted by Zonk on from the argh-not-the-noid dept.

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."

2 of 81 comments (clear)

  1. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Finally; it's about damn time I got one.

  2. Why spell it out? by UbuntuDupe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Games from the "late eighties and early nineties"? What is with that? I've noticed a trend toward people spelling out years and decades. I saw one article that nearly drove me insane with "through the nineteen-fifties and nineteen-sixties". GEEZ! Just say "late 80s and early 90s". Much easier on the eyes, shorter, and quicker.

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    Apology to Ubuntu forum.