Ads

In Real Life

Rick Perry’s Idea Of American Ingenuity Is A Canadian Video Game

11:00AM August 16, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry is as wholesome and American as they come. He believes in hard work, patriotism, faith in god, and good old American ingenuity, even if we have to import it from Canada. More »


News

Death Is The Perfect Time For In-Game Advertising

2:40AM July 6, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Dying in a video game pisses people off. In-games advertising pisses people off. Independent free-to-play browser-based online game developer Artix figures it might as well kill two angry birds with one annoying stone, merging death with in-game ads. Isn’t it just perfect? More »


XboxBrought to you by

See Xbox 360′s Kinect-Enabled Advertising In Action

4:20AM June 23, 2011 | Brian Crecente

This video gives us a unique opportunity to see behind the wall that one would hope separates entertainment from advertising. More »


In Real Life

Fanfare — And A Green Jacket — For The Common Man

1:00PM March 25, 2011 | Owen Good

One thing you can count on in the NCAA basketball tournament, playing now, are the CBS promo spots for The Masters, full of pomp and grandeur, with Jim Nantz invoking the Tradition Unlike Any Other. That’s what makes this spot for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters so fantastic. More »


In Real Life

Serena Williams Drops Pants, Pretences In Video Game Ad

6:20AM March 24, 2011 | Barry Petchesky

Let’s talk about sex. More specifically, sex, sports and video games; the perfect trifecta of ways to grab a certain demographic’s attention and hopefully dollars. Watch the above commercial, a web-only spot for 2K Sports’ Top Spin 4. I’ll give you a couple of minutes if you need some time alone. More »


In Real Life

But If We Had Portals, We Wouldn’t Need Buses

4:40AM March 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Or would we? We’d shoot one portal beside our couch, one on the side of the bus, and wait for it to reach its destination from the comfort of our own homes. Seattle’s mobile Portal 2 ads via Reddit. More »


Mobile

The Xperia Play Does Horrible Things To One Amazing Lady

4:00AM March 23, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play is more than just a mobile phone. It’s a gaming device powerful enough make loveable actress and comedienne Kristen Schaal transform into a dwarf, get possessed by the devil, and play with herself. More »


PlayStationBrought to you by

Hey, Whatever Happened To Marcus, The PSP Mascot?

6:00AM February 20, 2011 | Owen Good

A Sony executive recently declared that Marcus Rivers, the smartass ‘tween flack for the PSP who debuted at E3 last year, delivered “positive sales effects,” for the handheld. Near as I can tell, that’s the first anyone’s heard of the little twerp in more than four months. More »


Retro

Were Vector Graphics Ever This Exciting?

4:40AM January 5, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Oh for the days when video game advertising consisted of nothing more than people looking so excited their faces were about to explode. Check out the full Vectrex ad at Josborn’s Flickr page. More »


PlayStationBrought to you by

This Advertisement Was Banned In The U.K.

8:00AM December 25, 2010 | Owen Good

A poster for the PlayStation Move’s The Fight: Lights Out, depicting a guy in a headlock about to get a fist to the face (or at least a rough noogie), has been banned as offensive and irresponsible in the U.K. More »