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Vista ads drive Pirillo nuts, but we still love Demetri Martin
by Grant Robertson Jan 31st 2007 at 6:00PM
I'll admit, these aren't the most in-your-face buy yourself-some-Vista commercials. The teasers lead to "viral" short films featuring Demetri Martin who, in my humble opinion, is one of the funniest comics working today. It's not so far fetched when you think about it, Apple has John Hodgman, Microsoft has Demetri. The Apple commercials are so well constructed that, to tear them apart by rebutting any Mac vs. PC feature comparison would be admitting that Apple's marketing has gotten to them. The Vista commercials let you know who's responsible for the viral funny you're watching but, do nothing to pitch the product itself. It's guilt by association. Face it, we're watching the future of marketing.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
rabbit4015 said 10:25PM on 1-31-2007
i like these windows ads... they're not full of propaganda. Hodgeman is the ONLY thing good about the apple ads. Windows has a more used and compatible product.. ever notice that the best consumer choices aren't aggressively advertised?
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Jazzon said 12:01AM on 2-01-2007
Guess I'm too old. I don't find Martin very funny.
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hfghfghfghfghfgh said 6:15AM on 2-01-2007
Very funny, especially the first episode. You gotta love Microsoft for not taking themselves too seriously.
M$ once again proves their superiority to Apple.
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Biff_Meister said 8:25AM on 2-01-2007
Modern humor achieves greater efficiency by dispensing with time wasting laughter.
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1 said 10:44AM on 2-01-2007
demetri rocks.
follow his stuff for 2 years now and he is a great talent.
greets from portugal demetri
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Moore said 11:18AM on 2-01-2007
That photo looks like a very young John Lennon.
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BA said 12:58PM on 2-01-2007
Vista will succeed NOT because of these commercials, but because every new PC shipped (50 million a year?) will now have Vista pre-installed.
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