We’ve thoroughly discussed the mobile gaming market and how landing a celebrity spokesman can turn an OK game into a wild success. Supercell’s Clash of Clans, one of the most popular freemium mobile games around, has landed two new celebrities for their latest campaign, as Christoph Waltz and James Corden appear in the latest ad spot. […]

FCB Toronto wanted to show that the holidays aren’t always happy for everybody, despite what it may seem. They created “The Window Project,” a display in downtown Toronto which shows how domestic violence can impact the holidays. The commercial starts with a news montage on domestic violence and its increase prevalence during the holidays. We’re shown […]

Sponsored content can be OK sometimes. Case in point, the folks at Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s collaborated with the Adult Swim show Rick and Morty to make a glorious 30-second spot based on the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zre9FhhxR7k For those not familiar with Rick and Morty, the show follows the travels of the alcoholic super-scientist Rick and […]

In The Mini Factory, the latest ad for French clothing company Petit Bateau, child labor is used to express the brand – and it’s not as negative as that sounds. In the spot, a dog walks into a factory. Inside, a kid is making shirts, but doing so not against his will, but with the […]

Some ads can grab you with their emotional effectiveness, then baffle you in regards to what they’re actually advertising. Case and point. Here an ad titled “Grander Parents.” The spot tells a bittersweet story about how these grandparents were on their way to retirement when they had to assume the parental duties of their granddaughter Haley, following her […]

Pizza Hut’s has called in an odd choice of ‘celebrities’ for a Christmas ad for the new Triple Treat Box. The 31-second spot starts with former Arizona Cardinals QB Matt Leinart playing football outside while a Pizza Hut delivery boy drops off the Triple Treat Box.  There’s no indication why Leinart is there, or who he’s […]

Warning: Christmas spoilers below. Paypal may be getting a lump of coal this Christmas, for potentially revealing the M. Night Shymalan twist of the holiday, that Santa is in fact not real. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdu0WKIhjeU The ad opens with two young boys laying in bed, discussing how they aren’t getting Christmas present this year. They say this […]

Certain words don’t mean the same thing to adults as they do to kids, and that’s exactly what Torch is trying to prove in a new ad – but the point they make is kind of icky. The Torch router is a Wifi router that protects kids online and essentially childproofs the world wide web […]

Star Wars mania is back. With the seventh installment of the Star Wars film series, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, coming in December, we’re seeing all types of merchandise coming from the iconic series. Probably the biggest thing from the universe outside the movie is the upcoming Star: Wars Battle Front video game, the sequel […]

You know what’s hip? Rap music and politics! Wait, no it’s not? Well, nobody tell GOP and presidential candidate Ben Carson, who’s campaign released an ‘inspiring’ hip hop song in an attempt to relate to young black voters. “Reaching them on a level they appreciate and follow and see if we can attract their consciousness about […]

Jeremy Clarkson isn’t done taking playful jabs at his former employers. In a commercial for Amazon featuring the former Top Gear host, promoting the company’s Fire TV Stick, Clarkson talks about the streaming service. He segways his way into his house and talks about how he became unbusy in the Spring. With his free time, he […]

Sometimes, what makes an ad spectacularly bad is when it gives the total opposite message it’s trying to convey. French TV station France 3 recently pulled its advertising when one of its ads failed for this exact reason. What the spot was hoping to do was promote the fact the station has prominently female hosts. […]