You know how people over a certain age don't take video gaming seriously? They act like it's some passing fad that only pimply-faced teenagers are excited about. Well, it's advertising like this that puts that thought into adult's brains, and believe me, once it's in there it's almost impossible to get out. There is almost too many things wrong with this advertisement to mention here, we should probably spend a whole Commercial Break talking about everything in this advertisement that makes me hate The Trading Zone. I'm sure I'll run out of space, but dammit I'm going to do my best to point out everything I hate about this commercial.

It probably won't take you very long to see why this commercial is listed in an article about bad advertising, just about every inch of this is painful on the eyes and offensive to your intelligence. Unless you're hawking a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game you probably don't want to start your advert with the word, "cowabunga." Even worse, putting three exclamation marks after it!!! And if the stupid phrases weren't enough, every other letter is a different color, making this look more like a ransom note left by an eight year old. Hey, maybe it's that Junior Thin Mint in the picture, the one having a little too much fun in his butt ugly The Trading Zone t-shirt. Also, why is he standing up? Who plays their NES while standing up?

Speaking of t-shirts, that ugly shirt can be yours for free! As one of the promotions The Trading Zone is willing to give you a free t-shirt. As they put it, "it's fresh!" Well that's good, because I wasn't looking to get the one that tweener is looking for. I'll take a nice and clean one thank you very much, I'm afraid I'll get one with Michael Jackson evidence on it! If the stupid t-shirt isn't enough to sway you, then how about that horrible poster? Could the kid look any more stoned than he does there?? Couple this with its terrible slang, Wayne's World rip off ("no way." "yes way.") and you have one of the worst advertisements of all time. This is the type of commercial you just don't see anymore, and for good reason if you ask me!

FROM: Highway to Bad Advertising