Today, 1up releaseda new articlein their series of “If we don’t make a new article vaguely related to gaming, we’re going to lose our freakin’ jobs!” articles. This one focuses on the truly abhorrent video game ads that have been spewed forth from such visionaries as John “Better Hair Than Nex” Romero, Pre-HaloBungie and a ton of peripheral manufacturers.

Compared to these ads,the recentPS3 adsare truly works of art. Perhaps notgoodart, but at least they’re better than these wretched things …

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Are there any ads that you absolutely hated that didn’t make the list? Let us know in the comments. As usual, double points if you include pictures of your hot sister.

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