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Daddy Yankee’s “Shaky, Shaky,” might not have been the best choice of song for Walmart’s latest commercial

0 comments by on 12/21/2016

Sometimes context doesn’t matter in advertising, but in the case of a new Walmart commercial featuring Daddy Yankee’s “Shaky, Shaky,” as its theme, it’s hard to ignore. Walmart Peurto Rico launched a new ad featuring the 2016 hit. The “Shaky, Shaky” referred to eager kids shaking Christmas presents. It all seems harmless. But, if you […]

‘Schick Hydrobot’ bombs at Game Awards, needs to be put down

0 comments by on 12/6/2016

The 2015 Game Awards have come and gone, and with it, a new enemy has been born. Throughout the award show festivities, viewers were constantly bombarded with Shick’s corporate shill of a mascot, Hydrobot. Hydrobot appeared on the broadcast multiple times, inducing groans from gamers and non-gamers alike. The half power ranger, half five-blade razor man […]

No Man’s Sky cleared of false advertising by Advertising Standards Authority

0 comments by on 11/30/2016

No Man’s Sky was undoubtedly the most anticipated, widely-salivated-online game in recent memory. The open-world, space adventure survival game developed by Hello Games shined at E3, but after massive delays, when it was finally released in 2016, it didn’t live up to the hype. No Man’s Sky failed to deliver the same graphical capabilities shown in earlier […]

‘Boats N’ Hoes’ realtor parody is tremendously crummy

0 comments by on 9/5/2016

Here’s a great example of a parody gone wrong. One of the best moments from the 2008 comedy Step Brothers is when Dale and Brennan show off their latest business idea “Prestige Worldwide” by revealing a music video ‘Boats N’ Hoes.’ The idea is a disaster, as the duo eventually crash the boat, but the song is […]

Nintendo turns back time in NES Classic Edition ad

0 comments by on 7/22/2016

Nintendo is dipping into some sweet nostalgia in their latest advertisement for the upcoming NES Classic Edition. The gaming company released a new spot for the mini-console, which is a micro version of the Nintendo Entertainment System with 30 games built-in. The console has HD graphics and comes in at a reasonable $59.99. In the […]

‘Girls’ star Lena Dunham joins call to remove guns from Jason Bourne posters

0 comments by on 7/13/2016

Posters for the upcoming spy movie Jason Bourne are the latest Hollywood advertisements to draw ire for its depiction of violence. Tami Sagher, who’s a producer on the hit HBO series Girls, took a picture of the Jason Bourne ads, where the titular character is holding a gun. In the advertisement, the gun the character holds is […]

Donald Trump Japanese parody advertisement defies explanation

0 comments by on 6/18/2016

You know you’ve made something brilliant when it’s both amazing, confusing and intoxicating. That’s exactly what YouTube’s Mike Diva did when he decided to make a Japanese-styled Donald Trump commercial. It’s one of the most bizarre things you’ll ever see. The ad defies explanation, but I’ll try my best. In the spot, we’re shown a […]

Shaq in Counter Strike

Shaq shows eSports love by going inside Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

0 comments by on 5/17/2016

Shaquille O’Neal was one of the early pioneers of eSports among professional athletes when he invested in NRG eSports, a company which owns competitive League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams. Appearing in a commercial for TBS’s CS: GO ELEAGUE tournament, Shaq truly embraces gaming, by embedding himself into different maps from the popular first-person shooter. […]

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