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[return to "3dfx: So powerful it’s kind of ridiculous"]
1. rl3+h9[view] [source] 2023-03-05 06:43:54
>>BirAda+(OP)
I'm just here to post old 3dfx commercials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooLO2xeyJZA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIOYoZGoXsw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qp2TUNEFY

The print ads were similarly incredible:

http://www.x86-secret.com/pics/divers/v56k/histo/1999/commer...

https://www.purepc.pl/files/Image/artykul_zdjecia/2012/3DFX_...

https://fcdn.me/813/97f/3d-pc-accelerators-blow-dryer-ee8eb6...

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2. ngcazz+tt[view] [source] 2023-03-05 11:34:58
>>rl3+h9
I liked the first advert. The world hunger one though really rubbed me the wrong way.
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3. rl3+gG[view] [source] 2023-03-05 13:35:38
>>ngcazz+tt
Well, I think it was taking a swipe at a particular brand of insincere feel-good corporate bullshit marketing that was fairly prevalent at the time. Faceless conglomerates trying to manage their image such that they appeared to be benevolent world citizens—not ruthless plunderers.

That is opposed to say, today's brand of insincere feel-good corporate bullshit marketing.

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