When it comes to the Commercial Break I hate doing research. When it comes to other types of articles I have no problem, I'll research facts all day for an On Running Feud or Freeze Frame. But when it's a Commercial Break article I feel like I shouldn't have to look anything up. Let's face it; this is a pretty easy gig. I just have to look at a commercial and make fun of the little things it does wrong. But GameTek isn't going to let me get away with just sitting here and making fun of the adverts' stupid artwork or lame slogan, because this game has neither. GameTek has given me the challenge of finding something to make fun of when it comes to their Super NES F1 game.

Unfortunately the artwork and slogan are not the only two things missing from this commercial, also absent is the name of the game. That's right, this game is advertising something, but we don't know what. At the bottom of the advertisement it says, "The name of the game is ..." and then it just cuts to a phone number. Perhaps GameTek's F1 racer is actually called 1-800-320-GAME, but for some reason I doubt it. The advert talks about how it's the world's fastest F1 game and how it's the most realistic, but for some stupid reason they decided not to tell you what game they are talking about. Way to waste money, guys.

If you're not going to tell me what the game is then why should I care? How do you propose I go and buy this game? Should I walk up to the clerk and simply say: "Hey, I'm looking for that one game, buy that one company, that has to do with racing and doesn't have a name."? Actually, now that I mention it, that's how I ask for all of my games. Not too long ago I remember going into my local Toys R Us and saying, "Can you get me that one game from that one company who made that really popular game that won all of those awards?" Unfortunately I ended up buying The Shield for the PS2. Perhaps next time I should be more specific.

FROM: The Trouble With Bad Advertising