Perhaps my friend Dan Golding, over at Crikey, put it best: “The sophistication of Assassin’s Creed III’s “do free advertising for us and we’ll give you more advertising” online campaign is amazing.”
He’s right, it’s truly amazing. In fact… it’s sublime.
There have been, to date, one jillion Star Wars video games. (That figure is approximate). But in many ways, there was only one — the 1983 Atari game Star Wars. I played this game when I was barely old enough to understand the films, much less do well at any of the levels, particularly that difficult trench-run.
In this neat ad for Toys ‘R Us in Denmark, the Death Star pops into Earth orbit and Imperial shuttles start landing. In Denmark.
And you thought the giant boobs were crass? Ha! This is another advert for upcoming fighting game SoulCalibur V. It’s cheeky. Literally.
In the first of a series of live-action videos promoting Square Enix’s PlayStation Vita launch game, Army Corps Of Hell, the Lord of Hell takes a bus to Hell, Michigan. Honest mistake, really.
You might not know Toshihiro Nagoshi. But once you see his face, you’ll never forget it.
This is appropriate. Every time I’m out speeding around and run into something, I feel like I’ve lost all my rings, too.
Among the many tweaks and upgrades (and one downgrade) packed into the Xbox 360 dashboard update was one feature people aren’t very happy about: interactive TV ads.
