I know they’re insensitive and tacky, but I have to admit that a part of me misses when games ads were off the walls like this.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8d20c35e-006e-43e5-a397-e27e0b19d33f.jpeg
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e452c6f3-2adf-4fa7-bc86-c231f79e0b98.jpeg
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e04ab3f8-4df0-45fd-af39-dd268c341603.jpeg
guyrocket, 
Why not do these today? I think most gamers would laugh, which was the point.
FenrirIII, 
Twitter would explode
ArmokGoB, Whatever would be said on Xitter would probably be drowned out by neonazi propaganda bots, as is usual nowadays.
guyrocket, Yay!
TheCheddarCheese, 
I watched a whole video essay on these the other day. Companies got away with some wild shit back then
jenny_ball, 
there was a super Gameboy?
edgemaster72, 
It plugged into the SNES so you could play GB games on the TV
Nemo, Absolute best way to play Pokemon Red & Blue, IMO.
Kolanaki, 
It offered color for GB games before the GameBoy Color existed! 😃
jenny_ball, oh yea now i remember. cool
Kolanaki, These are some of the tamest ads of that era, too.
Outtatime, 
Pretty sad what the wokesters have done to society.
topinambour_rex, 
Better to be asleep than woke. I have a dream, someone said.
IchNichtenLichten, (edited ) 
Boo fucking hoo.
hibsen, There’s plenty of porn; I don’t need it trying to sell me a video game.
Mango, Porn good. Ads bad.
stembolts, (edited ) Being woke remains a good thing.
It means being aware of societal challenges that exist and the historical context in which we live.
The alternative is to bury ones head in the sand and say, “Everything is okay, question nothing.”
I am thankful I am not simple enough to fall for the new monthly conservative slur in attempt to supress social awareness and change. It’s coming. The slurs are a silly game for the simple minded.
NewNewAccount, Every month they choose a new acronym to be afraid of.
Outtatime, It’s not an acronym
NewNewAccount, Please don’t be afraid if I say “DEI” or “ESG”. I forget which one scares you guys the most at the moment.
Outtatime, I’m not afraid. You don’t like me?
Honytawk, You’re afraid of being woke having empathy
Outtatime, No I’m not.
Outtatime, 😂 ok
weirdo_from_space, What the fuck is the one on the very bottom.
mindbleach, UK game ads were on a different level.
Bunnylux, 
It’s the classic your gf wants kinky sex but you’d rather play Gameboy LIKE A NERD, NERD
SuperSpruce, I’m a nerd and I’d give up both motorcycling and gaming for a girlfriend.
topinambour_rex, GameBoy Pocket
menemen, 
Yeah, but aren’t his hands crazy large?
drasglaf, 
Hands made for spanking.
Nilz, It looks that way because he is holding the Game Boy Pocket and not the OG Game Boy
kazren, It’s an ad for the Gameboy Pocket.
NeptuneOrbit, Definite sex slave ambiguity
Bunnylux, ? Touch grass
Entropywins, Who sees that and thinks sex slave?
B0NK3RS, 
Some good nostalgia and my god they wouldn’t dare see the light of day anymore.
calavera, The hand of the guy holding the yellow Gameboy looks like it’s coming from a PS1 game lol
The_Picard_Maneuver, 
I can’t figure out if it’s drawn or early 3d modeling that they decided to add to a Gameboy ad for some reason.
UKFilmNerd, 
Here’s a couple I posted a while back.
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