Gamestop Ad Preys On Adolescent Fears
What were you most afraid of in High School? Getting turned down by that Cheerleader at the prom? Arriving at school naked, just before the big test you never studied for? Or, was it Mom and Dad finding all of your nudie-mags whilst looking for gift ideas? Look inside to see which terror Gamestop chose to highlight in their latest ad campaign.
According to the ad, your parents are going to find out exactly what kind of sick, perverted stuff you are into - unless you use their new Holiday wish-list website (titled HintOrElse.com, just to rub it in). It's good to see one company really get into the holiday spirit, if 'the spirit' happens to be free-wheeling paranoia and abject horror.
Funny gamestop Commercial (Hint or else) [youtube]
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This is irrelevant to kids today. What kid is going to pay for porn when there's www....
If they think what they found under his bed was bad, they just got to see what his bookmarks are on his computer.
That mother needs to develop thicker skin if her teenage son's porno mags reduce her to tears.
Unless they're really freaky.
@Superawesomerad: His parents are probably helicopter parents. Well meaning, but a tad bit too intrusive to be helpful.
@cmcd14: Reminds me of the joke:
A mother is cleaning her son's room when she finds a bondage porno mag under the mattress. She is shocked. She takes the magazine to her husband to ask what to do. He takes a look at the magazine, and he says "well... We can't really spank him."
my mom found my brother's stash behind the iron door of our chimney clean out area in the basement (yeah, we have an old house). She replaced them with national geographic mags w/ a note saying he could have them back when he was 18. He never did ask for them. Heh
The father got an early Christmas present.
Maybe she's one of those moms who is obsessed with her image to the neighbors and thus this reflects badly on her parenting skills and the WHOLE town will know about it tomorrow?
I dunno, just a guess.
kids, this is why you never hide the porno mags under your own bed. hide them under your brother or sister's bed, or better yet, under your parents' bed. kind of hard for mom to get pissed off about a mag that was under her own bed, huh?
Shes mad because she was on the cover.
Come on people get a sense of humor, that's a pretty funny commericial.
On a side note what moronic teenager hides his porn under the bed, that's what unused band instrument cases are for.
Maybe it was ______ porn?
a. amputee
b. hairy chick
c. Asian she-male
d. all of the above
I'd break down like that woman if I found my kid reading that kind of freaky smut!
That commercial isn't funny, it is just stupid. What parent looks under their kid's bed to find what to get them for Christmas? People always stuff the junk they never use underneath their bed, everyone knows that.
Just another argument for Internet porn!
@mac-phisto: Yeah, especially since moms are SO naive that she cant put 2 and 2 together to figure out who did it.
@MPHinPgh: Same here. I hid mine in the speakers for my stereo. I became very quick with a screw driver.
@FuryOfFirestorm: Now how many people are going to look for hairy asian she-male amputee porn? I can't - I'm at work.
First - keep in mind - the commercial is for the parents - who did hid da porn as shown - not the kids - no matter what it might look like.
I mean - what kid these days watches commercial tv? My son and his pals stream Prison Break and South Park from some .cn site while browsing and socializing in other windows... then overnight they set up TED to torrent eps... I mean really? Commercial tv? Really?
@Superawesomerad: Yeah, that's quite an overreaction. "My son likes the nudie chicks? Where did I go wrong?!"
Also, there's Alex's overreaction. It's a tongue-in-cheek ad, trying to relate to teenagers by implying they like both video games and porn, wink wink. "Look, your parents are traumatized. Har har. Parents are so square. Buy video games."
@Superawesomerad: I'm willing to bet the one she's holding is called "Pregnant Asian Amputees Shaving Themselves Monthly".
My best hiding place for my porn was in the ceiling tiles. Remove one...place them up on the top of the wall in between the insulation.
@Miguel Valdespino: Results 1 - 10 of about 129,000 for hairy asian she-male amputee porn
Sheesh. Only 129,000?
I guess I don't see the big deal in this ad. I thought it was pretty funny. If I found nudie mags in my son's bedroom, I wouldn't worry about it too much as long as he was at least 12. It's pretty normal to be curious. Now, if my son was like 8, and/or had some really hardcore fetish mags like bondage or trannies or midgets, then it might be time to talk.
Holy Moly! My son likes girls! This is horrible! What on earth can we do to rid his mind of this unholy bane?
I know... let's buy him Gears of War 2. And a headshot Locust drone figurine.
Mine used to be hidden in the stacks of other magazines I had.
But really, this is hardy an offensive or frightening ad. It's an attempt at humor. Not a great one, but an attempt. Especially when you consider the Duracell ad with the kiddie LoJack thing. That's about the worst at hysteria driven advertising.
What, don't kids do DRUGS anymore? Geez, what a disappointment.
As much as I loathe Gamestop, props to the ad: it was funny.
I remember when my mom threw out my "last staple" Playboy calling in porn. "Mom, I'm 22 years old, that was worth $150." I think it was Madonna, before she started to schtoop Vanilla Ice
This very well could have been my room.
Lucky kids today with their free internet porn!
@AngrySicilian: I worked at a bookstore last year and kids would ALWAYS come in and stuff the nudie mags down their pants to steal them.
lol as sick as this commercial may be for making everyones parents more paranoid than before :P I think it was funny and it made me laugh.
To bad its kinda irrelevant now a days because teens would rather keep porn on a computer or digital handheld of some sort.
@deleteboy: Tell you son and his pals to stop supporting china!
Southpark is available free from comedy central and prison break is on fox.com
Hah I think that's Gamestop's first funny commercial. :D
I knew a kid in Junior High that used to print out his porn, had them 3 hole punched in a huge 5'' 3 ring binder. It was epic.
@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: I hid 'em behind the removable speaker cover. Also, under a 10-gallon aquarium that housed a lizard. Also, underneath my dresser drawers.
I just hope nobody's still dumb enough to use a drop ceiling. That one's way too obvious.
My parents would have NEVER found my nudie-mags (silent chuckle)...