The metrosexual ASR advert

[Pulsar_t]

"The racing game with attitude".. Thanks Sega for this off-putting commercial. Still might get the game if it's any good. I mean why shun fan-servicing?

[Breetai]

I don't get it. How is it metrosexual?

Please note that I've been in Asia for about 5 years and sometimes have trouble telling the difference between males and females at first glance. They ALL look like chicks!

[fingersmaloy]

WOW. An ad like this can only be appreciated on an ironic level. Isn't that how ads for life insurance sounded like fifteen years ago? Also, I'm pretty sure that guy is homosexual, not metrosexual.

[Pulsar_t]

It's more an annoyance on my part that Sega thinks marketing it this way would bring in more sales. I don't care about this lot's own preferences but the advert itself is cheesier than Nintendo's 'one size fits all' Wiifit adverts.

[dsheinem]

marketing it this way

Which way? What's wrong with the ad?

[Incognito D]

I genuinely thought this advert was trying to be sartirical or ironic or whatever and so I waited for the punchline...

It never came.

[Anubis]

While the ad was stupid as hell and they weren't actually playing the game, I don't see what makes it any worse than the many other terrible game ads.

It sounds like you're saying the ad is terrible because the man is gay, and not because it's a cheesy advertisement. On the other hand, it does give the consumer a rundown of the features of the game. It also features some hilarious overacting.

[jfrost]

Were it not for the emo haircuts, it would be just another really, really mediocre, unnoticeable ad.

[Breetai]

I don't get it. How is it metrosexual?

Nevermind, I just watched it and was reminded on how I don't miss American TV.

Still, at least this ad showed plenty of gameplay.

[Xonticus]

Well, unfortunately it seems that the current trend to be cool is to be a "scene kid" with a lisp, and being generally effeminate. I don't get it. Seriously, the past 5 years or so everywhere I look it seems that 'hot guys' are portrayed as people who generally look and act this way with an over evolved emo style that tries to scream "I'm sensitive too!" while foregoing anything that looks like a man.

I see this trend of turning guys more like girls, making all women into lesbians by the end of 2020.

But seriously, this trend needs to stop now. Its like the gayest parts of the 80's times 5. No offense to gay people.