NSFW: The Videogame Adverts and Commercials of Yore Thread

[kazanova_Frankenstein]

[KK]

"Charlie Brookah" and his comic strip series for CEX, which featured in a number of magazines from 1996 onwards:




A lot of magazines received complaints about these.

[Ironhide]

"Charlie Brookah" and his comic strip series for CEX, which featured in a number of magazines from 1996 onwards:




A lot of magazines received complaints about these.

I don't think that's too bad compared to some of the other ads in this thread, its a bit like those smutty cartoon postcards you still see in Spain, they're slightly inappropriate but not to be taken seriously.

[gaminglegend]

I miss the whole 90s vibe of gaming. Had a certain edge and appeal, almost underground.

[Lagamorph]

[KK]

Another one from Charlie Brooker for CEX, Deathtrap Dungeon (which in certain magazines was promoted by a young Kelly Brook as the main character), and a game called Freak Out which I have no recollection of:

[Lagamorph]

I have a sudden urge to play Freak Out on PS2.

[Ironhide]

Freakout is one of the games of that era that will never be seen again.

[Victor Mildew]

Incredible that these are real. The freak out one, I mean Ps2 wasn't even that long ago, and surely people knew that wasnt ok then?

[Dual]

Good grief

[Corazon de Leon]

I vividly remember that second CEX one and thinking it was pretty gooseberry fool at the time. Was that *the* Charlie Brooker writing them?

[Knoyleo]

I vividly remember that second CEX one and thinking it was pretty gooseberry fool at the time. Was that *the* Charlie Brooker writing them?

Apparently so..

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/0 ... er-part-2/

“So that was Music and Video Exchange, and a guy ended up going off to set up CEX so I was working there – I did some comic strip adverts for them, because when they found out I was a cartoonist they’d get me to do cartoons for them. And they’d appear in various magazines, and one of them was PC Zone which was based round the corner.

[Dual]

Sure he wouldn't be too happy about these cartoons getting dragged up from the past embarrassing

[Frank]

I knew he used to have a column in one of the PC mags but I had no idea about the comics. Good grief

[KK]

Just watched a bit of Freak Out on YouTube. It literally is a platformer about a wandering hand grabbing massive boobs. Guess that won’t be making it to the PS Store any time soon...

I knew he used to have a column in one of the PC mags but I had no idea about the comics. Good grief

He was one of PC Zone’s main reviewers throughout the late ‘90s (he reviewed at least 2 of the Tomb Raiders). He may have also been behind “Cruelty Zoo” involving a Dr (that was originally supposed to be Lara Croft, I think) telling kids to butcher animals in various and creative ways that was so controversial WHSmith took the mag off the shelves.

[Lagamorph]

[Corazon de Leon]

Just watched a bit of Freak Out on YouTube. It literally is a platformer about a wandering hand grabbing massive boobs. Guess that won’t be making it to the PS Store any time soon...

I knew he used to have a column in one of the PC mags but I had no idea about the comics. Good grief

He was one of PC Zone’s main reviewers throughout the late ‘90s (he reviewed at least 2 of the Tomb Raiders). He may have also been behind “Cruelty Zoo” involving a Dr (that was originally supposed to be Lara Croft, I think) telling kids to butcher animals in various and creative ways that was so controversial WHSmith took the mag off the shelves.

Yes, that was him.

[Dual]

The campaign to #cancel Charlie Brooker starts here.

[Dual]

For the record I've never liked him and always thought he was a bit creepy.

[kazanova_Frankenstein]

"Gamers" cancelling Charlie Brooker really would be the most "Gamer" thing to do tbf.