Readers’ minds think alike, sometimes, and the changing advertising campaign for the “empire building” video game Evony caught the attention of fds, torenc, Assaf N., Elisabeth R., Sabriel, Nicole O., and Liz B. (images found at Gawker and Coding Horror, and hope I didn’t miss anyone who sent it in). Online ads for the game started out like this:
Then they added a woman with a little boob showing:
In case people weren’t noticing the cleavage, the ad evolved into one where the boobs are pointed out a bit more explicitly:
Moving on to a slightly more realistic look:
And then they realized they could just dispense with all subtlety and get to the important part:
Presumably some players will be disappointed that there isn’t a female “queen” to be saved or oogled in the game at all–the women were invented only for the purpose of adding boobs to the ads. Jeff A. from Coding Horror says,
Evony, thanks for showing us what it means to take advertising on the internet to the absolute rock bottom … then dig a sub-basement under that, and keep on digging until you reach the white-hot molten core of the Earth. I’ve always wondered what that would be like. I guess now I know.
Christina W. sent us another Evony ad, which seems to have appeared after those posted above:
Mick H. found a close-up version of the one above:
And Dan J. found this one here:
NEW! D.R.S. sent us another:
ALSO NEW! This ad submitted by both Alex B. and Kim H. seems to be taking the advertising to a whole new level. No longer content with boobs, they seem to be moving towards implied female masturbation:
ALSO ALSO NEW! Wtfcats also sent in this suggestive ad:
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