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To add to today's essential collection of non-news, I offer you this absurd commercial we just received from the ooVoo people aimed at gamers. The video shows a trio of British blokes entering a deathmatch session engaged in proper trashtalk aimed at the newb on the left, played by our very own Jim Sterling (I wish).  As he gets completely pwned in the game he also literally takes a beating, a faithful nod to the retro HUD in DOOM.  Hate to call them out on it, but the irony is that the app only works with windowed-mode games.  You can't run ooVoo and a full-on DirectX shooter at the same time and still see your friends. Oops!  At the very least, you can get your mom's makeup out and blow kisses at Workman in the comfort of your home.

While the ad is cute at best, I wish there really was a function in the software that did some kind of simple overlapping face-mapping effects. Maybe Microsoft will someday do this on their Live Cam -- don't you sometimes wish you could shovel UNO cards into the mouths of lamers?
 

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robotplague's Avatar
robotplague at 06/20/2007 13:03
At first I thought it said bloody feces.
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 06/20/2007 13:07
See, there's a new marketing strategy nobody has tapped yet
Knives's Avatar
Knives at 06/20/2007 13:27
@Robotplague

Lol, I just realized it didn't after reading your comment.

Jordan Grim Devore's Avatar
Jordan Grim Devore at 06/20/2007 13:33
Yeah I thought it said bloody feces until you guys mentioned it.
savagesaladin's Avatar
savagesaladin at 06/20/2007 13:45
Yup he is American. You can tell because he said the word "dude". Is this a British commercial? I think it is because most Britons hate Americans.
atheistium's Avatar
atheistium at 06/20/2007 13:48
@Savage
We don't have you, we pity you ;-) j/k Nah the dude thing is a joke really, most people think its pretty lame that american's use dude. But i say it.. because i talk to american's so much DAMN! lolololol.

Anyway just me or the video was creepy lol!
PappaDukes's Avatar
PappaDukes at 06/20/2007 14:10
Yeah, us Americans got together long ago and took a vote. "Dude" won out over "pip pip cheerio!". What can I say? We are a lazy bunch of blokes.
LostCrichton's Avatar
LostCrichton at 06/20/2007 14:57
very interesting commercial. Thanks Niero!
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