Grave Gamer News & Views — commercial

Video Games on TV: Rockman Dash (Mega Man Legends), 1997

This Japanese trailer for the PS1’s Mega Man Legendsfocuses on the game’s core strengths: silly Servbot expressions. In the span of 33 seconds, I witnessed an unprecedented range of emotion dance upon their glossy, yellow heads. From “Lego-faced confusion” to “Lego-faced mild determination,” the entire facial spectrum is covered by these...

Video Games on TV: Diablo III (PC)

Diablo III has a commercial?  I don’t know, man, I think it might actually come out next mo– Shit, Blizzard heard me; it’s delayed again.

Video Games on TV - Jurassic Park (Sega Genesis, 1993)

Here’s a fun scrap of trivia.  One of five games created to promote Steven Spielberg’s monolithic blockbuster, the Genesis/Mega Drive version of Jurassic Park had the distinction of claiming Earthworm Jim’s creator, Doug TenNapel, as its lead artist. The title spent fifteen months in development, an inordinate amount of time by 1993’s...

Video Games on TV - Biohazard Code: Veronica Complete (2001)

I know it’s hard to pay attention to commercials that fail to blare music or shove sex down your throat – really hard to stay attentive without a throat full of sex, I should say – but if you play along with Japan’s style of selling video games, the pay off is worth it.

Pair this ad with the George A. Romero directed spot for Resident...

Video Games on TV of the Day - Dino Crisis (1999, PS1/Dreamcast/PC/PSN)

This TV spot for Capcom’s Resident Evil-meets-Jurassic Park horror game comes from a time when it was relevant to take pot shots at Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.  Little did they know that there’d be a future when all Turok had to do to debase its reputation is be played.

Really watching this, though, I think this commercial...