Looks like the first “pitch” has been thrown for Left 4 Dead 2. Check out the 1st TV ad for the popular game. Also, if you haven’t pre-ordered the game yet on Steam or at your local gamestore, do it now so you can “go up to bat.”
Will this game be a homerun?
(ok, ok. I’m done with the puns.)
I’m big fan of Daft Punk and after hearing that they are putting in 10 mixes into DJ Hero, I knew I had to preorder it. More and more I’m getting excited about this game. Now, after seeing the above TV commercial, I’m going crazy. I feel like DJ Hero is going to be even bigger than Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
“But Nelson, why would I say such a thing?!”
Because, after taking another glance at the full track list, there doesn’t seem to be any one song that anyone would not want to play. For instance, how many of you go through your list of songs in Guitar Hero or Rock Band and go, “meh.” Exactly my point. Also, if you’re still on the fence about DJ Hero, let me remind you about one track that will be in the game.
Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby” vs. MC Hammer – “U Can’t Touch This”
Yea. I know. Awesome. Go to your local Best Buy, GameStop, or wherever you pre-order games now. I have a feeling this game will be selling out everywhere.
Just 5 days ago, Microsoft and WETA gave us another Halo live action ad. Before this, we thought the live action Halo short films were done. Peter Jackson, Niel Blomkamp, and WETA already made District 9. Which was basically the Halo without anything Halo related.
Now Microsoft have put out another press release saying that there is still one more live action Halo ODST short film that is 2 minutes and 30 seconds long. But will only show in the UK. Congrats to you Brits.
UPDATE: Here it is. The full 2minute and 30second ad. Enjoy.
Dammit guys! STOP TEASING ME! Just give us a damn Halo movie already!
Full press release after the break. (more…)
After watching this new TV spot for Halo ODST, my jaw was stuck open. This was beautiful. This is what a Halo movie should be like. Then I got mad. This is just a TEASE! Comon! Give us a friggin Halo movie already! You gotta give it up to WETA for continuing to make our fantasies of future combat gear a reality.
A couple of months ago the Jones BIG ASS Storage and Truck Rental commercial took the internets by storm. Well, ladies and geeks, he’s back with another viral spot. Now I don’t know if this is real, but the website is. If anyone wants to call Jones up and buy some storage space, let us know what happens.
Back when I was a pubescent teenager, I always wondered how to get the lady types to want me. If Gold4Jetpack.com existed back then, that would have been my answer. Kids these days have it so easy now. All they have to do is go to GameStop or Gold4Jetpack.com, pre-order Darkvoid, get the special Gold Jetpack and ladies would magically appear on my lap. Wow!
I think my friend, hal0gical, said it best when he tweeted:
finds that the advertising that sells him most usually has absolutely nothing to do w. the actual product
Now, thinking back to commercials that stayed in my head through the years, it made sense. Then I saw the viral video from Fruit Gushers fruit snacks. Many viral videos like this, the Quiznos “rats”, the Taco Bell dog, and the Bontrust ad have stayed in my mind and had nothing really to do with the actual product being sold.
But, it’s always awesome to see videos like this because it makes me wonder. How much weed was being passed around the conference room of the ad agency that did this?
Justin Wong, Prodigy X, and Triforce educate you on how they “Get Into It” in a new commercial by JINX. I really like this new marketing campaign JINX is doing with their brand. It shows that no matter if you’re a geek like me, a hot geek like Felicia Day, or a hardcore gamer geek like the three gamer superstars in the video, we all have the awesome apparel of JINX to help us show off our geek cred.
No, this commercial isn’t a joke. This isn’t an SNL skit. This is real.
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