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PS3 Ads Still Not Learning: Nazi Blood Infusion Madness

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:40:00 +0000

Sony have a chequered past when it comes to advertising their consoles. Some ads have been memorable, others, highly controversial. And while they’re now just mostly memorable the US and Europe, in Chile, they’re… using Nazis.

These two award-winning print ads, put together by Chilean agency BBDO, depict a Regular Joe – presumably someone who has bought, or is about to buy a PS3 – on a hospital bed. In one, he’s giving a heart transplant to Joan of Arc. A flame-resistant suit may have been a better option, but then, it’s not as touching.

But in the other? The same Regular Joe is in a Nazi hospital (complete with swastika bed heads) giving a blood transfusion to the Desert Fox himself, Feldmarschall Erwin Rommel. Who, despite escaping the war with his reputation (if not his life) intact, was at the end of the day still a Nazi general. So… if you buy a PS3, you can… save Rommel, and… win the war for the Nazis? That’s all I’m seeing here.

Erwin Rommel, Joan of Arc resurrected by PlayStation 3 [copyrant]

Pokemones Are Not Oral Sexy Obsessed, Just Kissing Crazy

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:00:07 +0000

Yesterday, we brought word of “Pokemones”, the androgynous, public-orgy-havin’, Poké-watchin’ Chilean youths. Well, according to Newsweek. And what does Newsweek know! It’s only Newsweek. Chilean reader Juan writes:

STOP STOP STOP STOP!!!!

There’s have to be some kind of misunderstanding, I’m from Chile (not a pokemon) and I have to say “ponceo” had nothing to do with oral sex. What they do in this parties (thursay or fryday, between 4-5PM to 10-11PM, they are all minorage so they cant be out to late at night, alcohol sell is not allowed) is try to kiss in the mouth (not oral sex, that was a particual case, not even pokemoes involved, only 3 highschool students, 14 or 15 years old) as much different people (of the opposite sex) as they can durring the party.

Bisides, pokemones are not gender-blending nor they costume are related to Pokemones (most of them dont even play videogames, pokemon is known here for the tv animated series) they just are wierd looking.

So I hope that make things much clear and erase the vision of “orgies” with menor age student in my Country, Bye!

Bye not-a-pokemon Juan!

Chile’s Bi-Sexual, Orgy Having Pokemones

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:00:36 +0000

Cross cultural exchanges are always fun — especially when sex is involved! Over in Chile, gender-bending teens called “Pokemones” hold public oral sex orgies called “poneco”. Says 15 year-old Natalia Fernandez:

Ponceo is about having fun… This time I had seven partners.

Poneco sounds like it’s about having more than fun, it’s about having STDs! The “Pokemones” take their inspiration from *you guessed it* Pokémon. These Chilean boys and girls mix and match androgynous fashions and are very much tuned into web culture. Apparently, they’re the first urban tribe born during the internet age. “I guess we don’t really think about politics or anything”, says 16 year-old Valentina Espinosa. “We’re not for anything, but we’re not against anything, either–well, except our parents getting mad at us for being Pokemones”. Of course we wonder if they say “I choose you” during those public orgies. That’s only polite, no?
Rebels Without Cause [Newsweek via a geek by any other name] [Pic]