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Some Gameboy ads from the 90s. I remember seeing them in magazines and on TV, and even as an idiot child I knew that something was amiss. From this thread, it seems like it took a long time before ad agencies knew how to market videogames and consoles. Showing footage of the games themselves usually doesn't hurt, for a start.  
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ozza posted:Some Gameboy ads from the 90s. I remember seeing them in magazines and on TV, and even as an idiot child I knew that something was amiss. From this thread, it seems like it took a long time before ad agencies knew how to market videogames and consoles. Showing footage of the games themselves usually doesn't hurt, for a start. Even when they did how footage they often hosed it up. This Zelda ad caused a minor controversy back in the day for sexism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evI5pF5h8Ck edit.. ahh the weirdly softporn mid-90s...      edit edit: What the gently caress:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0BDwzN4viw
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Dec 19, 2014 14:11
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While I thought the Mac vs PC ads were dumb my impression has always been that they worked pretty well. I mean we have a whole generation of kids/adults that buy apple products just to be trendy.
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Dec 19, 2014 15:03
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lol Forsaken
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Dec 19, 2014 15:06
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Maggie Fletcher posted:My former roommate, from Norway, drives a Fit, and I'm half convinced he bought it because of the Fitta debacle. Coincidentally, fitta is one of the first Swedish words I learned. It's stupid because they're trying to score brownie points/manufacture controversy by sexualizing pregnant women but they're all still models. It's like when Dove did that thing a few years ago when they had "big" women modeling in underwear but they were still fitter and better-looking than 99% of their customers, and the internet ate it up.
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Dec 19, 2014 15:19
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 Holy poo poo I dated that blonde girl Adrienne for a year in college before she graduated and moved away. She was fuckin nuts, but I never had any idea she was abused in her past. Never talked about dad, was super proud of her mom being independent. drat, seeing her just blew me away, talk about a blast from the past and a small world. What are the odds. God drat. Great tits on her to she was a dime.
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Dec 19, 2014 15:39
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...of SCIENCE! posted:It's stupid because they're trying to score brownie points/manufacture controversy by sexualizing pregnant women but they're all still models. It's like when Dove did that thing a few years ago when they had "big" women modeling in underwear but they were still fitter and better-looking than 99% of their customers, and the internet ate it up. Their followup ad made me laugh though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFgbbA70NVY
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Dec 19, 2014 16:29
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What are the odds that an abuse apologist dated a girl who had been abused. Yes...
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Dec 19, 2014 16:30
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nucleicmaxid posted:What are the odds that an abuse apologist dated a girl who had been abused. Yes...  Was the MS "Beta Tested In The Future" thing legit, or a photoshop?
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Dec 19, 2014 16:39
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That was actually a legit thing. Just about everything Microsoft have done with the Xbone, including giving it a name like 'Xbone' is highly amusing. Titanfall had a 'Drop a Titan on it' gif-maker which I'm not sure was ever used legitimately, but the Xbone mock thread had a lot of fun with it.
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Dec 19, 2014 16:51
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Strongly disagree
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Dec 19, 2014 17:47
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EA tried to promote Bulletstorm by sending reviewers packages full of raw meat. http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/giant-bomb-mailbag-meat-murder-edition/2300-2604/ http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2010/06/08/bulletstorm-meat.aspx
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Dec 19, 2014 18:42
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Before I scrolled down, I almost expected it to say "COME AND PLAY, MY LORD. EVONY".
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Dec 19, 2014 20:19
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C.M. Kruger posted:EA tried to promote Bulletstorm by sending reviewers packages full of raw meat. Which game was it that sent a publicity-stunt kit to reviewers that ended up with most of the kits being destroyed by a bomb squad because they didn't let any of the reviewers know ahead of time what was in the mysterious packages? Edit: It was Watch_Dogs. Of course it was Watch_Dogs... sending a black safe that beeps when opened, and only informing people by voicemail they don't all use. Double-edit: Sending only one of these to a major news company that doesn't cover videogames... Sort of like what the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie put up lite-brites all over Boston, without clearing it with anyone so the bomb squads got called in over mysterious blinking lights on the sides of buildings. Elfface has a new favorite as of 20:55 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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Elfface posted:Which game was it that sent a publicity-stunt kit to reviewers that ended up with most of the kits being destroyed by a bomb squad because they didn't let any of the reviewers know ahead of time what was in the mysterious packages? Wasn't there a movie or something that did a PR stunt of sending death threats?
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Dec 19, 2014 21:08
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C.M. Kruger posted:EA tried to promote Bulletstorm by sending reviewers packages full of raw meat. Reminds of Sony(?) promoting God of War(?) by planning to sacrifice a goat.
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Dec 19, 2014 21:37
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Maggie Fletcher posted:
There's on in Hayward now, but Sonics is pretty terrible unless you're stoned which is like everyone in the Bay so..
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Dec 19, 2014 22:39
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AlmightyBob posted:Wasn't there a movie or something that did a PR stunt of sending death threats? There was a car company that did something like that.
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Electronic Arts partnered with GameStop for a one-day promotion of Dante's Inferno on September 9, 2009 (9/9/9). Those that pre-ordered the game were offered a $6.66 discount, the Number of the Beast.[16] In addition, EA conducted an unsolicited mailing in which checks for $200 were sent to selected video game critics, with the following note: "In Dante's Inferno, Greed is a two-headed beast. Hoarding wealth feeds one beast, and squandering it satiates the other. By cashing this check you succumb to avarice by hoarding filthy lucre, but by not cashing it, you waste it, and thereby surrender to prodigality. Make your choice and suffer the consequence for your sin. And scoff not, for consequences are imminent."[17] 
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Dec 20, 2014 00:27
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Spergminer posted:Electronic Arts partnered with GameStop for a one-day promotion of Dante's Inferno on September 9, 2009 (9/9/9). Those that pre-ordered the game were offered a $6.66 discount, the Number of the Beast.[16] In addition, EA conducted an unsolicited mailing in which checks for $200 were sent to selected video game critics, with the following note: I think that's pretty cool to be honest.
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Dec 20, 2014 00:29
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WickedHate posted:There was a car company that did something like that. One I'm thinging of they sent notes to critics that said stuff like I know where you live. May be mixing this up with a plot from a TV show.
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Dec 20, 2014 00:29
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Mr. Flunchy posted:I think that's pretty cool to be honest. It's a lot more straightforward than most attempts at bribery. Nevermind toys and trips to the studios, just send a cheque pretending it's a clever piece on greed. I'm also assuming 100% of the cheques were cashed, and very few reviewers mentioned it.
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Dec 20, 2014 00:35
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Spergminer posted:Electronic Arts partnered with GameStop for a one-day promotion of Dante's Inferno on September 9, 2009 (9/9/9). Those that pre-ordered the game were offered a $6.66 discount, the Number of the Beast.[16] In addition, EA conducted an unsolicited mailing in which checks for $200 were sent to selected video game critics, with the following note: Tip of the iceberg https://web.archive.org/web/20130906035102/http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/electronic-arts-marketing-of-dantes-inferno.html (Sorry for the archive link the original seems to be dead) The entire ad campaign was insane. Each month was a new gimmick based on the 9 levels of hell. They kicked it off in Limbo by staging a fake protest at E3 by Christian Right groups about the game (No controversy is bad controversy and all that) and when found out it was not well recieved. Then next layer, Lust they had a "Sin to Win" contest where you were supposed to do something sexually inapproriate with a comic con booth babe and photograph it for a chance for "a sinful night with two hot girls, a limo service, paparazzi and a chest full of booty." Yeah that was pulled pretty fast. The stuff after it was a lot more tame but some weirdness like the Greed one you mentioned.
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Dec 20, 2014 00:38
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Kind of want to play this game now.
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Dec 20, 2014 00:57
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RagnarokAngel posted:Tip of the iceberg The second is plain hosed up because they are encouraging people to sexually harass women not involved with the campaign at all. There must not have been a single woman or lawyer in the room when they came up with that idea
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Dec 20, 2014 00:57
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Darth Freddy posted:Kind of want to play this game now. It is not even remotely 1/10th as fun or interesting as its campaign. Much like Lost Planet and its promotion featuring iceblocks that slowly melted with the game inside or the Gun promotional ARG where winners eventually got to play a poker game in a graveyard they are way, way better than the game their promoting. Here are some Calvin Klein ads pulled in the 90s because boy having an ad campaign that looks and sounds like a person filming the start to an underage porno/snuff film is awesome
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Dec 20, 2014 01:16
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Darth Freddy posted:Kind of want to play this game now. gently caress that, I wanna review it!
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Dec 20, 2014 01:18
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Mr. Flunchy posted:I think that's pretty cool to be honest. Yeah those ad campaigns were great. It's a shame that gamers decided to  it up about them because that was back when it was cool to mindlessly hate EA before they moved on to mindlessly hating Activision, even though that was the period of time when EA were actually going out of their way to make new games.The advertising campaign for Dead Space 2 built around the fact that moms were offended by it was pretty bad, though.
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Dec 20, 2014 01:18
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Eeeh, if the developers were allowed a tenth as much creativity as the marketers, they might have been onto something. Instead, they made a god-of-war clone at a time when GoW itself was starting to feel played out.
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Dec 20, 2014 01:34
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Yeah those ad campaigns were great. It's a shame that gamers decided to sexually harrassing women is loving radular
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Dec 20, 2014 09:47
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pentyne posted:The second is plain hosed up because they are encouraging people to sexually harass women not involved with the campaign at all. There must not have been a single woman or lawyer in the room when they came up with that idea Nerds don't need the encouragement they just do that poo poo. I was at a con once where there was a mediated discussion over the controversial topic "Cosplay is not consent." Hell one time I was walking through the vendor hall and heard one of the girls freaking out on a guy because she was trying to do her job and teach someone to play a boardgame and he wouldn't leave her alone. edit: Here's the picture of the event info. 
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Dec 20, 2014 11:19
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Virtua Fighter Crotch is a serious condition that should not be made light of. ...of SCIENCE! posted:The advertising campaign for Dead Space 2 built around the fact that moms were offended by it was pretty bad, though. The video of somebody's elderly Filipino mother watching a trailer and cackling "He lost his head!" was the only good part.
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I live in Hampton Roads and on the radio over the past couple years a bathroom remodeling company has decided to basically alienate a portion of customers they really don't want in their stores. Primarily young people and hispanics. It started a couple years ago with owner doing the commercial talking about how his company is old fashioned and you don't have to press 2 for Spanish when you call them because "We speak English". I think the ad ran maybe a month or two before the complaints rolled in and they pulled it. Fast forward to this year and now they have a spokeperson talking about how simple the company is how the only way to contact them is by phone and that when you call you don't have to press 1 for english and 2 for spanish. He follows that statement up with telling you that they aparently can't be contacted through any social media and pokes fun of people taking selfies in the "latrine". The messege is supposed to stress how easy it is to get a hold of them to redo your bathroom, they just stretch it out to long and it ends up sounding that if you do any of those things they really don't want your business. Hey Fingercuffs has a new favorite as of 16:38 on Dec 20, 2014 |
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Hey Fingercuffs posted:I live in Hampton Roads and on the radio over the past couple years a bathroom remodeling company has decided to basically alienate a portion of customers they really don't want in their stores. Primarily young people and hispanics. Only thing they got right is selfies are dumb
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Dec 20, 2014 21:11
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Hey Fingercuffs posted:I live in Hampton Roads and on the radio over the past couple years a bathroom remodeling company has decided to basically alienate a portion of customers they really don't want in their stores. Primarily young people and hispanics. I...what. What?! That has to be the stupidest thing I've heard today. And I've had a really long day. I mean, nowadays everyone has moved onto social media. To not move on with the rest of society... My mind is blown.
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Dec 20, 2014 21:37
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Hey Fingercuffs posted:I live in Hampton Roads and on the radio over the past couple years a bathroom remodeling company has decided to basically alienate a portion of customers they really don't want in their stores. Primarily young people and hispanics. Hey fellow HR goon! I think the most obnoxious commercials we get are those god drat Mack auto connection commercials. with that annoying rap and fat guy. I would post links but I'm on my phone.
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Dec 20, 2014 23:58
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I think the main purpose of the Mack Auto commercials is to get it in your head, and as such, purchase it.
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Len posted:Nerds don't need the encouragement they just do that poo poo. I was at a con once where there was a mediated discussion over the controversial topic "Cosplay is not consent." Hell one time I was walking through the vendor hall and heard one of the girls freaking out on a guy because she was trying to do her job and teach someone to play a boardgame and he wouldn't leave her alone. Yeah, it's really not EA's fault that gamers can't tell the difference between getting your picture with a woman in a costume as part of a scavenger hunt and actual sexual harassment. VVVVVV I rest my case. ...of SCIENCE! has a new favorite as of 00:53 on Dec 21, 2014 |
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Did you miss the part where they were offering a prize for the lewdest act? There's a difference between 'Take a picture' and what they were incentivising people to do.
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