BRAIN ASPLODES

I just had the goodmisfortune to see this ad:

While I’m not normally in the habit of looking at ads, the fact that it was for the Zune caught my eye, since I am always interested in learning more about how Microsoft is poorly marketing their iPod-dust-biting baby.

And, once this thing caught my eye, I couldn’t stop trying to make sense of it. “You make it you?” What the hell does that mean? Does it come with step-by-step instructions as to how to form it into a plaster model of yourself?

Suitably intrigued, I clicked on the link, only to be sent to the horror that is zunejourney.net I dare you to try and actually do something meaningful on the site within 30 seconds. I selected “Videos” from the first screen and was presented with an arrow that followed my mouse and a button that said “click and hold.” I moved the mouse around a bit, saw that it moved the funky pseudo-3D landscape around, and then quickly closed the browser window before I started having acid flashbacks to the 70s teenagerhood that I never had.

Anyway, my point is, please, for the love of all that is holy, please do not buy a Zune. It might be a decent media player, but, more importantly, you really don’t want to encourage these kinds of ads. Do it for my sake.

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2 Responses to “BRAIN ASPLODES”

  1. Zach Paine Says:

    Wow. The part where you fly through the jungle featuring diseased yet hungry animals is probably the most terrifying.

  2. Evan DiBiase Says:

    I think the most terrifying thing is that there doesn’t appear to be an end to all of it. But the part with diseased and hungry animals ranks right up there.

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