Guys are from Mars. Girls are from Venus. And – at least according to this shot from NASA – Pac-Man is from Saturn.
The moon is named Mimas and it’s shown on the left in what the NASA site refers to as “visible light.” (Is there such a thing as invisible light, I wonder?) Anyway, whatever light it’s in, even NASA admits it looks like the Death Star. The image on the right shows Mimas’ temperature map which looks like Pac-Man about to chomp down on a power pellet.
Part Death Star. Part Pac-Man. Totally awesome. Mimas is now officially the coolest moon ever. I wonder if there’s a colony of gamer nerds living there in harmony. If there is, and your colony leader sees this post, I would like to let you know that I would not at all be opposed to an invitation to visit.
The boob-driven ad campaign for Evony – a browser-based MMORTS that launched last year – never ceases to amaze me. What started as a respectable game campaign:
was quickly abandoned when some Art Director decided to start taking advice from his favorite stripper. You can see the demise of the campaign with a ton of different ads and how they evolved (or devolved, rather) here. And the hits just keep on coming. I forget what site I was on, but this ad popped up for me today:
I think the copy switched to “Play Now.” I didn’t have a chance to capture the other frame. But whatever, the point is that somewhere, in some creative group, SOMEONE APPROVED THIS AD. How did that conversation go down?
Art Director: So I was getting a lap dance last night, and Candy had this great idea for our next ad.
Creative Director: Go on …
Art Director: Well, up to this point, we’ve been showing women in lingerie. But I think it’s time to take things to the next level. I say we LOSE THE BRA. Candy says all you really need is pasties.
Creative Director: Pasties? PASTIES?! Come on, man. Pasties are so trashy. We need something classy.
Art Director: Ok, ok. Not a problem. What if … and I’m just thinking out loud here … but what if they aren’t pasties at all, but instead flecks of GOLD?! Huh? Huh?! Am I right?!
Creative Director: Oh my God. It’s genius. But wait!!! Shouldn’t we have SOME tie to the game in there besides the Play Now messaging?
Art Director: I can add some knights behind her.
Creative Director: You think that’s enough? We’re talking about a massive franchise here, dude.
Art Director: I’ll put a dragon in the cloud, too.
Creative Director: YES! Make it happen, man. This is powerful stuff. I’m so lucky to have such a creative mastermind on my team.
Art Director: Wanna go out to my car and huff some paint?
Creative Director: Do I ever say no to that question?
At the end of February, uncle-to-be Mike Affinito made a deal with his pregnant sister. If he could get 1,000,000 nerds to become a fan of his group “MY SISTER SAID IF I GET ONE MILLION FANS SHE WILL NAME HER BABY MEGATRON,” then, well, it’s kind of in the title of the fan page. As of right now, the page has 1,094,832 fans, so it looks like on August 9th, we’ll be welcoming baby Megatron into this world.
Lesson Learned: Never doubt the power of social networking. Especially when Transformers are involved.
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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