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    Weird Yet Awesome Nvidia Ad Featuring a Metal Band

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    (Accidentally deleted thread, readded!)

    I just got the latest issue of Decibel Magazine (focused on extreme metal, punk and related) and saw an ad for Nvidia. As someone who expects music ads on this type of magazine, seeing Nvidia on it was weird.

    It features "members" of the goregrind outfit The County Medical Examiners showing off the Geforce GTX 980 Ti. The ad also shows two Titan X units. For a band that hasn't released an album in seven years, this was rather an interesting choice instead of a band such as Carcass, who this band was influenced by. If you are curious about the band, here is a song (WARNING: Sorta NSFW because of the album cover being gore-oriented).

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    Do you guys remember any video game ads that were of unorthodox or at least interesting nature?

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    #2  Edited By irrelevantjohn

    The only thing that comes to mind is the early PS3 ads. Those were just weird....

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    Holy shit, I actually have a mug with their album art on it. Their gimmick is that they're actually medical examiners.

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    #4  Edited By pcorb

    @thephantomnaut: Don't know if this is exactly what you're looking for, but the PSP "black vs. white" campaign was sure as shit "unorthodox":

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    You'd think somebody involved in the commissioning, creation, or dissemination of this ad would've said "Uh, wait a minute, I think we may be misjudging something here" but nope.

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    Wow I feel like these guys owe Carcass royalties.

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    #7  Edited By SubwayD

    What a weird band to pick.

    Is there much crossover between the punk / grindcore scene and those who buy exorbitantly priced PC components? Maybe that's why they have to wear busted up denim vests?

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