Official British watchdog has found that NBC Universal’s Sci-Fi channel breached the rules by showing too many adverts for the second time in the month. Rule four of the British code on the scheduling of television advertising (COSTA) states that TV stations are only allowed to show 12 minutes of ads every hour. The Sci-Fi […]
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Sadie O’Down, Insignificant Other, versus Kratos, God of War 3
I don’t always think Sony gets it right with their TV advertising. This ad for God of War 3, however, is fantastic. Actually; it might not be Sony behind this one – could be the developers Santa Monica Studio – but my hunch is that it’s Sony. Why is the ad any good? Because it’s […]
For once the Dark Side saves the planet
Do all the best adverts come out of Belgium? Maybe so. Check out this one from WWF to support Earth Hour. The concept is simple; switch off the lights, go dark and help save the planet. Surely Darth makes an excellent spokesperson for this message?
Not happy with how Final Fantasy XIII is being advertised in the UK? Blame OMD
Square Enix UK have engaged in a bit of agency shuffling prior to the promotion of Final Fantasy XIII this year. The account is worth 6 figures – that’s a lot of money to the agency involved. Square Enix had been with MJ Media but Eidos, which Square Enix bought last year, had been using […]
Tahiticora in a thong – is it an advert for Xbox?
The marketing gossip site AdRants claims the following video is an ad for Microsoft’s Xbox. The research I’ve had to put into this is terrible. Terrible. There is certainly a model called Tahiticora and she certainly seems to make an asset out of her ass. She’s also on Twitter. As well as publishing this video […]
Ad: PS3 White Knight Chronicles trailer
Level 5 are the dev house behind Dark Cloud and Rogue Galaxy. What they’re trying to do with White Knight Chronicles is bring a real time RPG to the PlayStation 3. Watch this advert for the game and let me know if you think they’ll be pushing the voice communication aspects of the game. It […]
UFOSpotter84, a UFO sighting in the UK and… Celebrity Big Brother?
Here’s a bit of a mystery. Is there a connection between a YouTube upload called UFO sighting UK, a Twitter account run by UFOspotter84 and the latest Celebrity Big Brother. The YouTube video and the Twitter account are clearly connected. The user who uploaded the UFO video is called UFOSpotter and the Twitter account may […]
Funky stop motion Tatsunoko vs Capcom commercial
I’m not a fan of cross-genre or ‘guest appearance’ beat ‘em ups. They seem to wreck the continuity of the game, messing with the mythos and shamelessly cashing in on fans loyalty to certain names. I’m not even that much of a fan of beat ‘em ups in the first place. I don’t think Tatsunoko […]
The Adidas goes Star Wars ad
I don’t have much time for trainer junkies, or sports wear, or, well, sports in general – but Star Wars! Star Wars is another issue. So far I’ve resisted posting pictures of either Star Wars baseball caps or Star Wars shoes but this Star Wars / adidas Originals TV ad is too good to ignore. […]
Nintendo’s DS TV adverts rated in the top 10 most annoying
A survey by TNS for Adwatch has revealed that Nintendo’s TV ad series for the DS is considered to be one of the most annoying on British TV. 25% of all respondents found the series produced by an agency called Karmarama to be irritating. One of the TV slots featured Star Trek actor and British […]
