Dead Space 2 commercial: Your mom hates this!

[Dr Zaius]

Hilarious. People who hate video games are going to freak out over this.

[video=youtube;nKkPFDEiC6Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKkPFDEiC6Q[/video]

 

[Scott Tortorice]

I saw this the other day and laughed. On one hand, I think it is clever. But on the other, I think something like this could come back and bite you on the hand.

 

[kawaiku]

That's why there's an ESRB rating and hopefully some very responsible parents.

 

[Scott Tortorice]

Told ya:

Dead Space 2's "Moms" TV ads attacked by parent group

Common Sense, who has their own ratings system in place for games and other entertainment media, claims the ads violate the ESRB's own ad standards, claiming that the commercials will make the game more desirable for children (Dead Space 2, in case you didn't know, was rated "M" for Mature by the ESRB). In a response, ESRB president Patricia Vance defended its approval of the TV ad campaign stating, "... just because a product desires to be seen as 'cool' or 'edgy' does not in and of itself necessitate that it is directed at children."