Mouse humping Gameboy Micro

Apparently, Nintendo is (or will be) running this commercial (4mb mov) for the Gameboy Micro here in Canada. It appears to be the work of QMG. The ad directs viewers towards Too Much Fun, but there’s only a place-holder page that redirects you to the main Nintendo page.

Mouse humping gameboy micro.

Some may say it’s a bit risque for Nintendo, but I’d just say it’s just something you’d usually see in another market (like parts of Europe). I was watching actual television over the Thanksgiving holiday, and found that Canadian commericals were becoming bearable for a change. There was a point not long ago, when most of them seemed like they were created by the drooling 3-year old nephew of an advertising exec.

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A real dot-com bust

The LA Times is running a story about a remote Chinese village that was on the fast track to become an internet hub but its patron dropped dead. If you can beyond “hyperlink” in the title, it’s an interesting story from an education and IT perspective . Maybe a nice quiet place to hold your next conference?