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I miss console ads being this weird (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago (2 children)

We had this in the UK for PS 1

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Love it.

"Hey, you know what would be a good way to advertise our system? Let's just give children nightmares for about 40 seconds and then splash our logo on the screen at the end."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

It worked because I still remember it now ;)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I think most ads for consoles in the early 2000s were like that, at least for ps1, ps2 and the original xbox. Not necessarily nightmare fuel, just "weird" stuff unrelated to the console or games.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Watching this gave me Aphex Twin vibes. Then I discovered it was directed by Chris Cunningham. So yeah, that’s why

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Oh wow, that explains a lot!