Controversial Game Ads

[Hamma]

http://gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/features/53238.shtml

Some nasty ones

[Giovanni]

Bah nothing in there is THAT nasty... people just get offended too easily.

[Kyonye]

The ads aren't really that bad. I'm annoyed that people tried to claim racism on it because the the guy is fuckin Asian. That is ignorance.

[Giovanni]

Originally Posted by Kyonye

The ads aren't really that bad. I'm annoyed that people tried to claim racism on it because the the guy is fuckin Asian. That is ignorance.

Welcome to America! Land of the free!

[Hamma]

Yea no shit racism wtf?

I suppose it could be worse - the detached arm was the first thing I saw. Certainly nothing to sue or bitch about.

[Giovanni]

It's been proven time and time again, people will bitch about ANYTHING.

[OneManArmy]

those ads were weak. people complain about those and then turn around and watch some reality tv..?

hah. bunch of wankers.

cool thing is I remember seeing all those ads.. sigh....

[Lonehunter]

I LOVE that Spawn add, never played the game though

[Lartnev]

I liked the Sega Saturn one

[Ivan]

Originally Posted by Lartnev

I liked the Sega Saturn one

Yeah me too!

I think that's probably the most controversial out of them all.

If I was an ad company trying to reach the 18-24 group of males, I'd Photoshop game logos or game boxes into mags like FHM, Maxim, Stuff, ECT. Something subtlety like...



But more professional.

[Fragmatic]

How can this be a controversial game ads thread without the famous daikatana ad?

Failure.

[Mag-Mower]

Ivan for the win.

Edit: Im copying Ivan. I know its lame, but... Veronica Gets a tattoo

P.s. it took me 5 seconds, and im a noob with PS, sorry if it makes photoshop pros cry...

[Hamma]

Originally Posted by Fragmatic

How can this be a controversial game ads thread without the famous daikatana ad?

Failure.

Never seen it, link?

Originally Posted by Ivan

But more professional.

/me buys 5000 copies of PlanetSide