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So this is shamelessly stolen from an article on Destructoid, gaming adverts for better or worse in some cases, what are some of the ones that have stuck with you?

 

This could be tv spots or maybe old magazine spreads... feel free to post not just favourites but ones that you feel were complete missteps.

 

For me a lot has to do with the choice of music to match the imagery used and these two definitely hit it out of the park for me...

 

 

Gears of War 3... Gears has always had good tv spots, this one basically takes you through snapshot moments of the first two games leading to that tagline "Brothers to the end"... God, it almost tears me up now.

 

 

I'm not exactly Smashing Pumpkins biggest fan but this song fits so well, loved seeing this playing on the tv at the time.

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This confused fuck out of me back in the day and still does now:

 

 

There's also this one. Now I don't think this is the exact one I'm thinking of, but it's still a stunning advert:

 

 

It's the diorama that got me. I'm not even a fan of halo but that's a captivating short.

 

Edit: removed Life is Short as Sly posted it too.

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Just remembered YouTube is blocked for me at work....:rolleyes:

 

Anyway, going back some years now... this really grabbed my attention as a kid.

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Can't think why...

 

And who can forget this Sony clanger...

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What were they thinking?

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11 hours ago, DANGERMAN said:

"do me a favour, plug me in to a Sega" 

A mantra for life 

 

I answer "plug you into a Sega?" every time Monica asks "can you do me a favour?"

 

Every time.

 

She loves it. I mean, I assume she does, who wouldn't?

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6 hours ago, Craymen Edge said:

 

I answer "plug you into a Sega?" every time Monica asks "can you do me a favour?"

 

Every time.

 

She loves it. I mean, I assume she does, who wouldn't?

 

She probably hasn't asked in a couple of years has she?:lol:

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  • 2 weeks later...

They didn't have to dream long.  I had one of these

 

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And one of these

 

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I've been trying really hard to think of good video game adverts but I hate them all.  I've never been swayed by a single one.  I like games in spite of their advertising.

 

Well okay, to get in the spirit of the thread how about Rik Mayall's run at Nintendo

 

 

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