Gaming commercials that'll make you say WTF!?

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We pilfer the archives and dig up some disturbing, surreal and utterly confusing adverts

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WTF!? "Real pictures that come out and hit you in the face!"



Atari 2600


WTF!? Song with sinister sexual subtext? Check.Retarded static images? Check.Breakout screen replica created using fuzzy felt? Check.

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
WTF!? The good old days when Nintendo made games that would make girls cry.

Devil May Cry
WTF!? Big breasts. Big swords. An obvious combination.

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