Badvertising

Microsoft’s 9 All-Time Worst Ads

5:20AM October 19, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Microsoft’s about to embark on a one billion dollar marketing adventure to support Kinect and Windows Phone 7. Good luck to them! Because as these past epically failed advertising efforts show, Microsoft might be about to waste a lotta money: More »


Geek Out

Maybe This Ad Makes Sense After A Fujifilm Dietary Supplement

1:00PM September 17, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Explore international webcam videos. Apparently, Fujifilm’s heard about this whole “diversification” thing and has expanded boldly into the booming dietary supplement market. Sure! Makes about as much sense as their commercial for it. Which is to say everything about this is totally bonkers. More »


Rubik’s Cube Head: Puzzlingly Gross

10:40PM August 6, 2010 | Brian Barrett

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/mio3sJ_GJoc&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22","customParams":[] ,"width":570,"height":400,"ratio":0.824,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );

Had your breakfast yet? Might be best not to watch this man assemble his head on an empty stomach. Still, however disgusting, it’s one of the cooler effects I’ve seen in a while. More »


Geek Out

Oh Good, Commercials Are Coming To Supermarket Aisles

7:20AM June 17, 2010 | Adam Frucci

If there’s one thing I need more of in my life, it’s exposure to advertisements. I mean, I just don’t see enough of them! And how can I make smart buying decisions without them? More »


The Steak-Scented Billboard: Advertising’s Stinking Future

9:20AM June 3, 2010 | Adam Frucci

A new Billboard on River Highway in North Carolina not only shows a gigantic piece of steak on an even more giant fork, but it actually pumps out the smell of steak for passing drivers to suffer through. Gross! More »


Geek Out

Best Buy’s Holiday Carollers Make Me Want To Murder

10:00AM November 24, 2009 | Adam Frucci

It’s not even Thanksgiving yet, but already Best Buy seems to have won the “most annoying holiday ad of the season” award. Seriously, try to sit through one of these without squirming around uncomfortably and wanting to punch the screen.


Gaming

New Sony Ad: Play PlayStation 3, Save a Nazi’s Life

2:00AM September 30, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Apparently, if you play the PlayStation 3, you’ll give a blood transfusion to a Nazi, or a heart transplant to Joan of Arc. What in holy hell do these mean, Sony? More »


Cameras

Sony’s Cybershot Exmor Ad Is Laughably Unfair

10:20AM August 8, 2009 | John Herrman

The best part is, I don’t even know to whom. Future camera buyers? Other cameras? To Sony’s own Exmor-equipped point-and-shoots, which got this instead of a respectable marketing campaign? In any case, this is dumb. Let us count the ways! More »


Gaming

Sony Promotional Image Shows Some Dangerous Behavior

2:40AM July 7, 2009 | Adam Frucci

Sony’s new press image is all fun and cheeky until that model drops his PSP into the tub and ends up with a seriously embarrassing obituary. [Kotaku] More »


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Joe the Plumber Moves to a Higher Tax Bracket Doing Ads for DTV Converters

7:40AM November 26, 2008 | Adam Frucci

newVideoPlayer("/Joe_Plumber_DTV.flv", 506, 423,"");Hey America! Remember Sam Joe the Unlicensed Plumber, the bald idiot that the McCain campaign ineffectively used as a prop during the waning days of the election? Sure you do. Well, he’s milking is unearned public exposure by schilling for some company selling DTV converter boxes to the elderly and uninformed. It’s both sad and funny at the same time, like a dog falling down the stairs. [Gawker]

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