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IndustryGamers - Your Games Are Our Business
James Brightman, Editor-in-Chief & Co-Founder
David Radd, Senior Editor
Have news tips, comments or questions? E-mail us.
Video game ads have had a long tradition of being, well, kind of bad. That's not to say that certain advertisements and campaigns haven't really helped light a spark for some games (as reluctant as some gamers might be too admit it) but the vast majority of ads are sophomoric and almost distressingly aimed at a teenaged audience by men no younger than 40. We dare anyone to go back to their gaming magazines from the '80s or '90s – some of the ads are almost painful to look at!
However, beyond ads that are merely terrible, there have been a handful of advertising campaigns that have managed to dredge up real controversy. In some cases, the lasting memories of these ads are greater than the games they were advertising for. Here's a look at some of the more infamous gaming ads to ever be created.
This list is by no means complete... if there are any omissions you would have liked to see here, please let us know in the comments section!
5 Comments
August 25, 2009
Even Playstation Fans like me think those white room ads were terrible. If I didn't see the ps3 I honestly wouldn't have known what they were trying to advertise and I still don't know what they were trying to say.
August 25, 2009
I thought some of the white room ads were mildly entertaining but certainly not effective in selling PS3.
August 29, 2009
It was FUBAR. Basically this is saying PS3 will consume your soul and put you in the psycho ward.
This would've been cool somewhere else.
4 months ago
You have to add to the list Forsaken (Acclaim), Evony and possibly NOX.
2 months ago
I was still a kid when those white-room PS3 commercials came out, and I remember changing the channel whenever one came on, especially at night, because they just creeped me the f*ck out.
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