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Saturday, October 24, 2009
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PlayStation 3 Wins The Console Ad War With A Little Montage

12:00PM Michael McWhertor | Sony’s revamped PS3 marketing campaign has won us over, thanks to the efforts of unexpected console mascot Kevin Butler, VP of whatever the job requires. Tapping into the power of a good montage, SCEA’s latest spot is its best yet. More »
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Thursday, June 5, 2008

Wii Advertising Wins Advertising Award

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | What are the odds! One minute, someone pokes fun at Wii advertising (and the Wii itself), the next minute, said advertising goes and wins a prestigious international advertising award. Ad agency Leo Burnett, who were behind Nintendo’s “Wii Would Like To Play” campaign, picked up the top prize at the 40th Annual Effie Awards, held in NYC on Wednesday. In explaining away the decision, the Effie’s organisers said: More »
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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Metallic Rose DS Gets Superstar Launch

2:40AM Mike Fahey | As is always the case, mere weeks after I pick up a new DS, Nintendo goes and releases a new colour. The metallic rose DS, originally sold as part of a holiday Nintendogs bundle, will be hitting stores later this month in stand-alone form, and Nintendo has recruited Ugly Betty star America Ferrera and American Idol-born country singer Carrie Underwood to appear in ads promoting the new shade. The commercials will begin airing on Monday, May 19th. Along with those two, Liv Tyler will also be appearing in commercials hawking the crimson and black variant. Strong female role-models America and Carrie will surely inspire many young women to pick up one of Nintendo’s handhelds, while the Liv Tyler ad will have men who are subconsciously attracted to Steven Tyler to the stores in droves. More »
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Monday, August 13, 2007

Live Action Jeanne d’Arc

2:42PM Brian Crecente | This almost makes me not want to play the game, and I’d been waiting for it since it was first announced. More »
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Commodore Vic-20 Commercial With William Shatner

10:00AM Flynn De Marco | It’s the wonder computer of the 1980’s! Or at least so says William Shatner in this old commercial for the Commodore Vic-20. Not only does he think it’s great, but even takes a jab at good old Atari and Intellivision. After all, Atari and Intellivision don’t have a real computer keyboard! And it’s under $300 which according to the inflation calculator would be about $800 today. A true bargain. More »
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Sunday, August 5, 2007

Coleco Tabletop Arcade Commercial

9:00AM Kotaku US Edition | This really gives a new meaning to portable gaming. In 1982, Coleco released these miniature versions of classic arcade games like Pac-Man, Galaxian and Donkey Kong. This commercial is classic 80’s from beginning to end. We even get the never seen before or heard from again, Mr. Arcade, an 80’s cool cat with some killer shades and the power to shrink arcade machines. Those kids seem awfully excited with their new tiny arcade games, I just wonder how they felt when they got that thing home and realised it was absolutely nothing like the original game…Poor little bastards. More »
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