Eltigro Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 What can you do with your hands that makes you blind? They aren't talking about playing Virtual Boy, are they? No... It's referring to the old wife's tale that masturbation makes you blind. Wait... Hold on, hold on... That's just an old wives tale!? You mean, like, it's not true!!?!?! Oh my God, I have got some lost time to make up for! I'll see you all in a couple of weeks! There's a comedian I saw one time who explained the first time he heard of "wanking." And the other boys told him that he would go blind the 100th time he did it. "I've never been so scared as that 100th time... it was later that afternoon..." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kool kitty89 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) There's a bunch like that, some in the US too: there's the "the more you play with it the harder it gets" with the joystick image. (one of the Sega-16 users has that in their sig ) http://www.slightlywarped.com/crapfactory/actualads/naughtysega.htm http://www.vintagecomputing.com/wp-content/images/retroscan/segasex_large.jpg http://www.eidolons-inn.net/segabase/G-32XPromoAd2.jpg Plus that 32x TV commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xHmGaKs0Do There's a bunch related to the 32x, and then the centerfold Saturn ad, of course. Edited July 20, 2010 by kool kitty89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlightSuit Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 As somebody who did tech support for Sega during the 32X era, I am amazed that they had a commercial which said, "Just stick it in your Genesis." This can only have heightened the level of confusion out there regarding the proper procedure for hooking up a 32X. It certainly was not as simple as just sticking it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smatchmo Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) They wouldn't be banned by the government, but it would've probably been rejected from magazines. We in America are supposedly Puritanical about sex, but we also produce 99% of the world's porn, so it's more like we just handle it differently. It's up to the magazine (and then the vendor). I think the real word is *used* to be puritanical about sex. Haha, have you watched TV lately? Looked at billboard? Opened a magazine? Watched a commercial? Even Disney? Sex is everywhere. This country is not prudish about it, it is APE-ish about it. We are like chimpanzees, everything has to be full of violence, explosion, and naked chicks.. I was born in the wrong century. Compared to most European countries though, yeah, we're extremely puritanical regarding sex & sexuality. That ad was made and ran in the UK, what, 15-20 years ago? Can anyone really see an ad like that running in GameInformer or other US gaming mags today? We're moving in that direction, true, but we're not there yet. Far from it. Edited July 20, 2010 by Smatchmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKittyNet Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 They wouldn't be banned by the government, but it would've probably been rejected from magazines. We in America are supposedly Puritanical about sex, but we also produce 99% of the world's porn, so it's more like we just handle it differently. It's up to the magazine (and then the vendor). I think the real word is *used* to be puritanical about sex. Haha, have you watched TV lately? Looked at billboard? Opened a magazine? Watched a commercial? Even Disney? Sex is everywhere. This country is not prudish about it, it is APE-ish about it. We are like chimpanzees, everything has to be full of violence, explosion, and naked chicks.. I was born in the wrong century. Compared to most European countries though, yeah, we're extremely puritanical regarding sex & sexuality. That ad was made and ran in the UK, what, 15-20 years ago? Can anyone really see an ad like that running in GameInformer or other US gaming mags today? We're moving in that direction, true, but we're not there yet. Far from it. Dident someone say that was in an adultt magazine? I can see playboy or hustler running that ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malducci Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Something To Do With Your Hands Look closely and you'll see that the price is listed in GBP. That explains it. Something this suggestive would not have been well-received in the US. Wow, what a tasteless ad. Never expected something like that from Sega. Is that was it takes over in the UK to get peoples attention? And the funny part, is that it's not even really funny. Just something lame like a 13yr old would draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Banned how? By whom? by all the newspaper and magazine companies who normally run their ads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underball Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 but we also produce 99% of the world's porn, no we don't. Take a trip to Europe, or Brazil. Specifically, Amsterdam, Germany, and Hungary. We produce maybe 10% of the world's most politically correct porn. Over there, everything goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Amsterdam isn't a country. It's a city in the Beautiful country of the Netherlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Here are some of the other Sega adverts from UK magazines like I promised! They are all very rude so only download if you are not easily offended! Sega Ad4.bmp Saturn Ad.bmp Sega Ad1.bmp Sega Ad2.bmp Sega Ad3.bmp Edited July 20, 2010 by The_Laird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlightSuit Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Another one has appeared on my favorite blog: The More You Play With It... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3vor Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) I've been blinded by a joystick. Man, some of those ads are gross. That ad sorta reminds me of that atari joydick. Edited September 21, 2010 by Tr3vor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwheel Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Recent stories from Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5626541/the-video-game-ad-too-violent-for-print http://kotaku.com/5644433/thats-one-way-to-sex-up-team-tennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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