Some people tend to poo-poo video games saying they are aimed at anti-social hermits who’d rather spend more time living in a digital world than in the real one. This is not such a bad thing, according to Games Radar who’ve drawn up some 30 comparisons between video games and the real world, fairly proving that playing in weird and wonderful game worlds is a great escape from the dull real world.
A pudgy Italian plumber who battles the turtle-like Koopa race and rescues the princess versus some boring dude with a spanner who might piss in your sink depending on how you’ve treated him.
Top-heavy, gun-toting, hot-pant-wearing Lara Croft versus some frumpy ladies digging with toothpicks.
Going in guns blazing versus setting in a muddy trench eating mud soup.
For more, hit up the full article at Games Radar.
BONUS: Directed by Frank Budgen, Double Life was a TV spot that aired in 1999 and romanticized gaming culture. Check it out below or go to YouTube.
– thanks Mark!
2 replies on “Video Games vs The Real World”
That Playstation Ad is pure awesome.
Simple, effective, and reaches everybody.
Big ups to that marketing team!
The ad is poetic. And as you said it’s accessible to everyone. If only they’d do things like this now instead of those bizarre ads that nobody gets.