Asteroids, Space Invaders, Centipede and Tetris—remember when you could only play these games at an arcade? I would line up behind at least 6 people for my chance at Asteroids.
Time warp—now it’s 2007. Games can be played anywhere and at anytime. In this mobile world, games have evolved to become a part of our lives. [...]
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OK… I love quizno’s but I admit that normally I’ll just glance at their commercial to see what the “special” is. But the last but when a woman said, and I quote “Its not lacking any meat, and that’s what real women need…” followed my maniacal laughter. I just started cracking up. Adult humor in [...]
Complaints from the Chinese embassy in Moscow forced an advertising agency to scrap a chewing gum commercial playing on Russian television which featured China’s national anthem as backing music.
China’s People’s Daily newspaper said the commercial for chewing gum produced by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. using the “March of the Volunteers” had “harmed the dignity of [...]
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Talk about unintended consequences, all I wanted to do with “A Review of My First Year of Blogging” was provide some factoids about my blog. However, this tidbit became quite the topic:
Total advertising revenue: approximately $3,350 = $1.39 cpm. (This assumes that I can get Google to pay me. I’ve tried several times during the [...]
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It’s usually the best way to tell if something is a piece of junk, or if there have been problems. It’s also a great way to catch a deal. But another thing is that it can be a great way for entertainment. This review below is absolutely hilarious. It must be fake… [...]
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Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and [...]
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LOL as if you’d see a car go Ice Skating. But here is a car commercial that immediately made me think of the upcoming movie, “Transformers.”
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8120231533934812320
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I had written about some bad Video Game Ads before. And today I got a heads up that Scott Sharkey “just published a third installment of this feature, and the ads Scott Sharkey found, (and scanned, and humiliated) are every bit as awful as they were in installments past.” So I came I saw… and [...]
Lee’s Lolita OK, board rules
Lee Jeans’ controversial “Lolita” ad poster for spring-summer 2006 has been found acceptable by the Advertising Standards Board.
Shot by renowned US photographer Terry Richardson, the advertisement - shown in locations including Toorak Road, South Yarra - featured the standard cliches of the soft-porn aesthetic: lollipop being sucked, breast half-exposed, legs [...]
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This upset my wife… thinking it was too violent. But if you know Grand Theft Auto, or have played it, then you’ll like this CocaCola Ad. If you like Video Games you’ll like this. I just love the Irony of it.
http://filez.litwc.com/Video/GTA-CocaCola.flv
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