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Vista ads drive Pirillo nuts, but we still love Demetri Martin
by Grant Robertson Jan 31st 2007
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, ...
