The past few weeks have been filled with alerts about what types of Super Bowl commercials are supposed to be airing during the big game next Sunday, especially the controversial ones. These notably include the ad that will preach to you about how much Tim Tebow loves to force women to keep a rape baby in their stomachs and then there is this other one for some type of web site dating and matching service. While I think Tebow’s commercial is obnoxious in that I was finally looking forward to one sporting day without him pulling a Favre on me, I finally saw this dating site commercial, thanks to Warming Glow, and took immediate offense. Why? Because it totally wouldn’t happen like that.
Some of you may have heard the buzz going around these days. Conan’s new art-deco stage area looks like it was taken from a series of Super Mario Bros levels. Conan says, “There’s no way you could ever see Super Mario Bros. in this set”.
Asked by Kotaku, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said “That’s great,” adding “We know that he is a fan of what we do, and we’re thrilled to have him as a passionate Nintendo fan. Maybe we’ll have to go play some Wii Sports Resort as well as Super Mario Bros Wii.”
“So, no cease and desist,?” Kotaku? asks.
“No. For Conan, we’ll let that one slide,”