Archive for July 13, 2009
Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign
Jul 13th
- Cover of Idiocracy
If you believe technology is rapidly turning us all into hedonistic degenerates, these advertisements for an online video game give you a perfect case study. The game, Evony, is about empire-building strategy. The ads, increasingly, are about boobage.
Web entrepreneur Jeff Atwood, who first highlighted the ads, writes that they “take advertising on the internet to the absolute rock bottom,” and toward the moronic, hypersexualized future foretold in Mike Judge’s movie Idiocracy.
Yes, sure, inevitable cultural and intellectual decline of America, whatever. Vulgarians that we are, we’re far more burned up by the game’s false advertising: After all that flesh, there’s not actually a “queen” to “save” in the game! The boobage was strictly for “marketing purposes,” according to Evony. Now that’s something you can (probably!) sue over.
via Everything Wrong with the Internet in One Gaming Banner Ad Campaign.
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Dr. Love slips into America’s bedrooms
Jul 13th
American Apparel Does What It Does Best — Selling Tat With Tits (NSFW) – Dov tales – Jezebel
Jul 13th
American Apparel faces important questions every day. Like, how to stay in business! And how to market an indispensable accessory like a unisex bow tie made from only the finest factory off-cuts. Strangely, the answer always seems to be: Nipples.
You totally would be conned into paying $19 for a bow tie made of whatever was lying around the factory, a bow tie you might wear once, to Barcade, and then feel faintly embarrassed of for the many years it stubbornly subsequently persists in the midden of your closet, like all garments do in inverse proportion to their wearability/cuteness, according to the frustrating law of the sartorial universe that also dictates that your favorite T-shirt always be dirty, after being mesmerized by full-frontal not-even-trying-to-hide double-trouble nipple ad action, wouldn’t you? Hypnotized by the naked lady, you’d buy what she was wearing? No? Okay then. New strategy.
via American Apparel Does What It Does Best — Selling Tat With Tits (NSFW) – Dov tales – Jezebel.
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- Woody Allen v American Apparel: brand value battle gets legal (brandstrategy.wordpress.com)
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China’s Web Porn Arrests Include Tech-savvy Site Owners – PC World
Jul 13th
Chinese porn site owners who tried to hide from Web police by moving their illegal ventures to foreign servers are the latest victims in China’s crackdown on online smut.
The latest arrests or detainments go a step beyond past Chinese measures to combat online porn, which conservative officials see as an assault on cultural values. Pornography is illegal in China.
They also follow arrests of owners of mobile porn Web sites, a global controversy over Internet porn-filtering software mandated by Beijing for new PCs and a government decree that only health professionals and researchers will be allowed access to sexual health Web sites.
via China’s Web Porn Arrests Include Tech-savvy Site Owners – PC World.
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Take off your bicycle helmet, big boy! – Yahoo! News
Jul 13th
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Berlin brothel has come up with a novel way to negate the impact of the global economic crisis and target a new group of customers at the same time — offering a discount to patrons who arrive on bicycles.
“The recession has hit our industry hard,” said Thomas Goetz, owner of the “Maison d’envie” brothel.
“Obviously we hope that the discount will attract more people,” he added. “It’s good for business, it’s good for the environment — and it’s good for the girls.”
via Take off your bicycle helmet, big boy! – Yahoo! News.
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London 2012 taekwondo hopeful opens brothel to pay his way | More than the games
Jul 13th
So cash-strapped is the 23-year-old New Zealand taekwondo champion that he has decided to open a brothel in Auckland in order to fund his quest to reach London 2012.
Campbell’s Beijing Olympic quest cost him in the region of £58,000 – the vast majority of which he was forced to borrow from his parents.
The Kiwi finished inside the top 16 in Beijing, having lost to eventual featherweight bronze medallist Sung Yu-Chi of Taiwan.
via London 2012 taekwondo hopeful opens brothel to pay his way | More than the games.
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DP’s Jesse Jane & Katsuni nominated for 2009 Exotic Dancer Awards
Jul 13th
Jesse Jane Receives Nomination for Club Favorite Entertainer of the Year & Katsuni Vies for Adult Movie Entertainer of the Year!
News release: July 13, 2009 — VAN NUYS, Calif. — Digital Playground’s superstars Jesse Jane® and Katsuni are honored to be nominated for the 2009 Exotic Dancer (ED) Awards in Las Vegas on August 25. The nominations include Jesse Jane for Club Favorite Entertainer of the Year and Katsuni for Adult Movie Entertainer of the Year. The stars of Digital Playground’s blockbuster “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge” are two of the most demanded feature dancers, spending much of 2008 and 2009 performing at the top clubs around the world. Dave Michaels, owner of A-List Features is proud of Jesse and Katsuni’s accomplishments. He says, “Jesse as Club Favorite is a no-brainer! She’s all the things a club could ever hope for all wrapped in one. Jesse packs houses everywhere, every night. She’s super hot and extremely pleasant to work with. Katsuni brings an unparalleled exotic flair to the stage when she performs. She has a unique quality about her that clubs love. Both girls are amazing draws! Digital Playground knows how to pick winners.”
Fans can vote for Jesse Jane and Katsuni at www.theedawards.com/vote.html
The twelfth annual ED Awards returns to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, this time in the brand new “Joint” showroom. Equipped with a “Rock & Jock” theme, the 2009 ED Awards features guest presenters Ed Jones, Dallas Cowboy legend and Superbowl champion, and motocross champion Carey Hart.
About to begin a three night engagement at the Pink Pony Gentlemen’s Club in Atlanta, Georgia, Jesse Jane exclaims, “I’m so happy to be nominated for doing what I love! Dancing on stage with everyone so close and intimate is one of the best feelings. It really turns me on.” Katsuni adds, “The nomination means very much to me. I spend a lot of time practicing my routine and finding the perfect costumes to entertain with. I hope that everyone who has enjoyed my shows will log on and vote.”
To download a photo of Jesse Jane, visit
http://stream.digitalplayground.com/press/downloads5/JesseBreatheMe_0192.jpg
To download a photo of Katsuni, visit
http://stream.digitalplayground.com/press/downloads5/katsuni010.jpg
About Jesse Jane:
A superstar in her own right, Jesse Jane® is an all-American blond, green eyed, sultry girl originally from Ft. Worth, TX. In three short years she ascended from Hooters® manager to Hawaiian Tropic® pageant winner to international fame with a Digital Playground contract. All of the exposure Jesse has received in various media outlets has contributed to her success but it was her leading role in Digital Playground’s benchmark film, “Pirates” that made Jesse Jane a household name. For more information visit www.JesseJane.com , www.Twitter.com/JesseJane or www.tinyurl.com/jessejanebio
About Katsuni:
This French and Asian-fused beauty has taken the world by storm with her gorgeous face, kick-ass body and amazing drive. In two short years Katsuni has transformed from go-go dancer, to exotic entertainer, to Penthouse cover girl, and now to Digital Playground contract star. Boasting a strong media presence in France, Katsuni was chosen by MCM to star in a 5-episode documentary about her life and career. Almost simultaneously, Genesis magazine named her one of the “Ten Most Popular Porn Stars in America.” For more information visit www.Club-Katsuni.com , www.Twitter.com/Katsuni or www.tinyurl.com/katsunibio
About Digital Playground:
Digital Playground is the world leader in adult filmmaking and interactive formats boasting the largest HD library available. Since the Company’s inception in 1993, Digital Playground has earned almost 300 awards, currently garners more than 80% of high definition sales within the adult market, and is a leading provider of Blu-ray™ titles, with over 25% of the market. Female owned and operated, Digital Playground emphasizes quality first, employing fastidiously high production values in erotic film for women, men and couples. Digital Playground’s commitment to excellence, innovative technology, brilliant full-length productions and exclusive Contract Stars are the secrets to its success and makes Digital Playground the most highly demanded supplier of content for hotel, IPTV, cable, pay-per-view and mobile networks worldwide. For more information, visit www.digitalplayground.com , www.myspace.com/digitalplayground , or www.twitter.com/dpxxx
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Kiss the Cook
Jul 13th
Modern men are steaming up the kitchen with their sexy culinary skills
Robin Summerfield, Calgary Herald
They’re hot and they make loins quiver.
They also make one mean loin.
They’re members of the growing brotherhood of modern men, dubbed gastrosexuals, who use their considerable culinary skills and big, shiny appliances to impress the ladies in their lives.
via Kiss the Cook.
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Pupils told: Sex every day keeps the GP away – Times Online
Jul 13th
- Image via Wikipedia
A National Health Service leaflet is advising school pupils that they have a “right” to an enjoyable sex life and that regular intercourse can be good for their cardiovascular health.
The advice appears in guidance circulated to parents, teachers and youth workers, and is intended to update sex education by telling pupils about the benefits of sexual pleasure. For too long, say its authors, experts have concentrated on the need for “safe sex” and loving relationships while ignoring the main reason that many people have sex, that is, for enjoyment.
The document, called Pleasure, has been drawn up by NHS Sheffield, although it is also being circulated outside the city.
via Pupils told: Sex every day keeps the GP away – Times Online.
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