I love the ads that Burger King puts out. They almost make me want to sit in the ridiculously long drive-thru line, then wait another 20 minutes in that weird little parking space right by the front door while they redo the order they screwed up. Almost.
The latest deal is the launch of the Burger King YouTube channel where Seth MacFarlane (the creator of Family Guy) posts cute little shorts. No, not daisy dukes… short cartoons. Here’s one of them:
My Dad and I were having dinner the other night and we started talking about our favorite TV commercials. I don’t watch TV unless I’m out somewhere and one happens to be on, so I hadn’t heard about/seen this one for Mercenaries 2 – which was my Dad’s top pick. He just sent me the link and I freaking love it. If you haven’t seen it yet, enjoy:
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One of my favorite things is seeing crazy chaos set to a lovely, sweet soundtrack. The song was written specifically for the game promo and has become so popular that Pandemic Studios has actually added the full length track as a free MP3 download to their site. I’ve done a little digging and am unable to find the name of the artist who created this song. If anyone knows, please post it here. I’ve gotta give props to this brilliance.
I did not have anything to do with the song. The “Oh No You Didn’t” commercial was contracted by EA’s marketing department. The commercial was created by Shilo Design, and the song was written and performed by The Wojahn Brothers, a company that writes commercial jingles. Shilo Design credits The Wojahn Brothers on their site.
So there you have it. “Oh No You Didn’t” was written and performed by the Wojahn Brothers who can rest assured that they would make it big in the world of Nerdcore if the advertising jingle gig ever got stale.
I just saw a new ad for the Sony PSP GPS on Creativity and thought I’d share. I guess I’ve been out of the loop on the whole PSP GPS functionality thing, but now I’m totally stoked about it. The software and little doohickey you attach to the top of your PSP to make it work (yes, doohickey is the official term…) will be sold together. It launched in Japan in 2006 and at CES, a Sony rep announced that it’ll be available in the US by the end of 2008. Hooray! This Christmas, we can all dust off those PSPs and use them for something worthwhile.
So I haven’t posted jack this week because I took a little vacation time. Where did I go? My couch mostly. Sometimes to pee. Couple times on Heiniken runs. A friend at work referred to this as a “staycation.” I’ve also heard it referred to as “unemployment” but I guess that really only works when you don’t have a cubicle waiting patiently for your return.
Starting September 25th, you too can own your very own PC or Mac compatible version of the latest Guitar Hero/Rock Band ripoff. If you buy it through the Family Christian store online, you can save 20%. Snooping around the Family Christian site, I learned a few things:
Metal bibles are not bibles about the history of heavy metal and why you should worship it even if you’ve never seen a show.
I can appreciate Christians being interested in playing the music they enjoy, but let’s recap: Guitar Praise basically rips off Guitar Hero and Rock Band by combining the two existing game ideas and only bringing new songs to the mix; Dance Praise 2 is a total DDR ripoff; the audible eye roll t-shirt uses a protected font. Seems like these all kind of go against that whole “Thou shalt not steal” thing Christians seem to believe.
When she's not busy blowing the heads off of enemies to get to the next level, she's usually playing video games.
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