{"id":67,"date":"2008-10-17T12:14:48","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T17:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zephyrusanemoi.com\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2020-02-06T20:11:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T02:11:38","slug":"mixed-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/mixed-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed messages?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Help Zeph get back to his point and get a free copy of CGS posted online, just for you!<\/h4>\n

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Click click click click CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK!!!<\/p><\/div>\n

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So I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m out browsing around the Interweb, and I come across a strange advertisement (seen above). Now, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m what you would call a video game enthusiast. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve played a few rounds of Halo in my life. Not once have I ever seen it available on any Sony device, let alone the Playstation 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Does anyone aside from me think that this ad was put together by someone knowing absolute dick about video games? I think they missed the perfect opportunity to put an ad next to it of Mario stomping on Goombas that says \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Help Mario jump on all these little brown things and win a free trip to Guatemala\u00e2\u20ac\u009d?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Help the Playstation buttons find their way through the Forest of Lost Atari Games and pick up some GTA hookers while simultaneously driving a go kart through the Mushroom Kingdom and Dance Dance Revolution-ing your way to the top of the Mortal Kombat tournament to face off against Solid Snake in a one-on-one game of Wii Boxing and win a free* assload of spam direct to your inbox and no hope of ever actually winning one of our illustrious prizes.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

*see terms & rules (content not actually free, except for when it is incredibly annoying and distracting, like penis enlargement ads, which are not to be mistaken for free penis enlargement treatment)<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Wow.\u00c2\u00a0That one got away from me, a bit.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Okay, so I was going to post about some games, but got lost in there somewhere, and the therapy is going to take the rest of the day. So, instead, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna hit you with a list of great games I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to be talking about soon: Kid Icarus, Paper Mario, Clash at Demonhead.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is safe to pick up and play any of these games without fear of irreparable mental anguish. Again, I remind you that my purpose here is to dissuade you from playing shit (i.e. Moto Roader<\/a>).<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0go enjoy your day. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna get back to my \u00e2\u20ac\u0153research\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Originally posted August 17, 2007)<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Help Zeph get back to his point and get a free copy of CGS posted online, just for you! So I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m out browsing around the Interweb, and I come across a strange advertisement (seen above). Now, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m what you would call a video game enthusiast. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve played a few rounds of Halo in my life. 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