For this episode of the Commercial Break we are going to start with an advertisement that has confused me for nearly 15 years. This advertisement tells you not to worry about being grounded, just grab your nearest Game Boy and have as much fun as you normally would. But what is this guy missing out on? The picture features a television no more than a foot away from him, a Super Nintendo, NES games, and a phone (which can easily be hung up so that you can start taking calls again). What is this guy grounded from?

Instead of playing with his Super NES, this guy decides to grab his Game Boy and play Bonk's Adventure. I suppose that's better than Felix the Cat, but you have to admit this kid has a pretty lame collection of games. How many different copies of Adventure Island does one person need? I'm counting three just from this picture, and I wouldn't be surprised if off to the side there's a statue of Master Higgins made completely out of Hudson's Adventure Island cartridges. Perhaps it's best this kid stay in his room ... far away from the innocent people he could hurt.

But beyond the kid's terrible taste in games, beyond that gigantic 10 inch TV and beyond his ridiculously 1980s phone, this advertisement fails because of its attention to detail. This kid (who we will call loser from here on out) clearly owns a Super NES (and two really stupid games), yet those are Super Famicom controls! You can tell by the colorful buttons ... and the fact that they say "Super Famicom" right on them!! I'm sorry, but who is going to believe that you own a Super NES but imported the controls? Maybe it's not the kid that's the loser, but the person who put this advertisement together.

FROM: Bad Advertising, Mindfreak