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Masked Warriors Primp and Pose in Teaser Trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts
There are knights in armor, Aztec warriors, ninjas, samurai and special ops commandos outside. There goes the neighborhood! 72andSunny's trailer for Activision's upcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts features...
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Crazy Craiglist Ads Seeking Roommates Make You Never Want to Live With Humans...
"The functioning kitchen has a hot plate and we make do just fine." "I will not rent my room to a Ugly ass girl or some crazy looking dude that looks like A crack head." "I would like to assemble a...
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Employees Get Tattoos of Company's Logo in Exchange for 15 Percent Raises
Get scarred for life for a little extra cash! That's the tempting offer being floated by New York City's Rapid Realty, which is offering employees 15 percent raises if they get the company's logo...
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Little Debbie's Logo Change Is So Subtle, It Becomes a Spot the Difference Game
Little Debbie did not consult with Gap,JCPenney or any other noted logo overhaulers before updating its own logo—the first tweak to the design since 1985. The change is remarkably subtle, so much so...
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Lego Under Fire for Sticker Set Featuring Leering Construction Worker
You can build almost anything with Legos—even controversy! The company came under fire this week for a licensed sticker set that includes a leering, waving male construction worker and the caption,...
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Bra Company Tries to Reclaim the Acronym MILF for Mother's Day
Adrants draws our attention to this odd campaign by True&Co, an online bra outfitter. True&Co is trying to reclaim the pejorative acronym MILF. Specifically, they'd like to turn "Mom I'd like...
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Two Friends Are Not Quite Who They Appear in Touching British Juice Ad
I'll admit to not seeing the twist ending coming in this evocative new spot by BBH London for fruit-drink brand Robinsons. You could quibble with the end lines, perhaps—and here's why—but that's...
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Instagram Refreshes Logo, Becoming Instagram Instead of gnstagram
Instagram has a new logo, and it's lovely. In particular, the "I" at the beginning looks more like an "I," but the company kept a script-style font (a nod to the brand's love of all things nostalgic)...
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PETA Looking to Spook Horse Racing Fans With This Ad at the Kentucky Derby
The 139th Kentucky Derby takes place at Churchill Downs on Saturday. The spectacle is as much a soiree and fashion occasion as it is a prestigious horse race. Thousands will flock to the grounds in...
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Nicole Kidman Is Gloriously Happy in First U.S. Ads for Australian Multivitamins
Nicole Kidman frolics around in some fields, giggles a lot and just generally looks happy and healthy in her first ad campaign for Swisse Wellness, Australia's No. 1 multivitamin brand. And this isn't...
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Alabama Jeweler Is Pretty Sure Your Mom Wants 'ARSE' for Mother's Day
Looking for a Mother's Day gift with character? Have you considered some nice arse? A friend passed along this head-scratcher of a print ad from a local jeweler in my Alabama hometown. Hard to believe...
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Ad for My First Rifle, Used to Kill 2-Year-Old, Is Way Too Much Like Any...
The problem with this 30-second spot for Crickett's My First Rifle .22-caliber single-shot gun is that it basically markets it as a toy. We see a school-age boy wide-eyed with excitement when he gets...
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Diet Coke Invents World's Thinnest Vending Machine, So You Can Feel Even...
Oh, hey there, ladies. Feeling fat? Of course you are. Don't worry. I've got some advice. Don't get sugary, fattening soda from that fat, tubby vending machine over there. Get delicious, trimming diet...
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College Humor Rescues Man Who Spent $2,600 on Carnival Game in Exchange for a...
College Humor took a break from making videos that aren't as funny as they could be to help Henry Gribbohm, a man who lost his $2,600 in life savings on a rigged carnival game. The goal was to get...
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Child-Abuse Ad Uses Lenticular Printing to Send Kids a Secret Message That...
The ANAR Foundation, a Spanish child-advocacy organization, used lenticular printing in this powerful outdoor ad to send different messages to children and adults. Anyone under about 4-foot-3 sees...
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Google Celebrates Moms With Poignant Ad for Mother's Day
Google traditionally does a special Google Doodle for Mother's Day. This year, it's adding another gift—the commercial below from creative agency Whirled, saluting moms for everything they do. As...
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Dove Magazine Ad Uses Carbon Paper to Show How Abusive Words Don't Fade
The Dove Self Esteem Project and agency Torke+CC in Lisbon, Portugal, placed an ad (and a pen) in a parenting magazine and asked adults to write down the worst thing they remembered being called as a...
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H&M Winning Raves for Having a Normal-Looking Woman Model Its Beachwear
It would be nice if we didn't live in a world where this is considered news, but for better or worse, it is. H&M has selected a swimwear model who actually has a normal human body. Jennie Runk, a...
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Jeff Goodby Has Advice for Don Draper Where Chevrolet Is Concerned
Jeff Goodby has some experience teaming up with another agency to work on Chevrolet—an experiment that didn't go so well for him. So, in light of Sunday's episode of Mad Men, he tweeted out this...
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Finlandia Creates Epic World 'Where Cheese Reigns' and Oddballs Abound
Finlandia cheese may come from Finland, but its new ad campaign from Barton F. Graf 9000 takes a detour through Flanders with its comical paintings of a land "where cheese reigns" and some strange...
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