The Onion writes off Sony as an advertiser forever

With this simple video, funny as hell, The Onion (unless they've planned this whole thing) have taken it to Sony, hard.This really does illustrate the independence of an online brand. Sharply contrasting how beholden old-media is to their advertisers. I love this sort of campaign, I love the brashness of it and I love that they had the balls to put it out there.

Behind the scenes: Sony Bravia paint advert

The Sony Bravia paint advert went viral a while ago. I love this ad, the music is perfect the timing is great and everything works to get a point across.But many people questioned the reality of the advert. I heard many rumours of digital editing, photograph integration blah blah blah.Here is the proof behind the pudding. What happened behind the scenes is awesome and scary if it all went horribly wrong at some point.Like one of the people in the video said, it was a fireworks display but instead of lights, it used paint and liquid. Sheer brilliance:

I'm not tight, I just prefer Xbox360

I recently purchased an Xbox360. I deserved it. I worked hard for it and I didn't need it.Buying something that you want is always more rewarding than buying something you need. I need some new clothes - I'm tired of losing the office fashion show - and I need to get myself mobile internet of some kind. These things can wait. I WANTED AN XBOX360! So I got one. Simple.My tip to make you feel good today: Go and buy something that you really want. It doesn't have to be expensive, just make it something you want. Trust me, after the initial guilt settles, you will be the happiest person around even if it is just for one day.

PS3 vs Xbox 360

Wow, I just saw an advert for both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Now I am an Xbox fan myself (yes, yes Microsoft and all that) so I am a bit bias. But be serious here for a second and look at the price difference between the two systems. This is ridiculous. Any day of the week I will choose a cheaper system with as much to offer as the more expensive system.

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PS3 Release

Watching Sky news and they are previewing the new PS3. It looks amazing. The word on the street is that Americans are queing up outside Toys R Us just to PRE-order these things. Apparently without a high definition TV owning a PS3 is pointless. High definition basically means looking at a plasma tv, flatron vibe. PS3 is apparently only getting to the UK in March next year.Interesting stuff. Strange that the Xbox 360 and new Nintendo gamebox have already been released (Xbox 360 has been out for a year), while PS3 is holding out. Personally I would think that this is a mistake, but I don't work for Sony so what do I know. But as a user and Xbox fan I would not purchase an Xbox 306 to only a year later purchase a PS3. Im an Xbox man and think I most probably always will be.

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