Xbox 360 advert: aliens in "Foto Finish" [Updated with high-res versions]
by Vladimir Cole 
{ Feb 15th 2006 at 4:00AM }
In this TV advertisement promoting the Xbox 360, three aliens gather over Xbox Live for an evening of racing in Project Gotham Racing 3. Through a deft mix of familiar and foreign, the spot makes the point that gaming via Xbox Live will connect you to colorful, fun friends who are worlds apart.
The banter is clever and just English enough (both in sound and grammatical structure) to be familiar to English speakers. Exclaims one alien: "Wow, this fooblu zon shnibby than a shnibben-pip!" (Translation: Wow, this track is bendier than a bendy bug.)
Update: Major Nelson has located high-res versions of the video. Quicktime here. WMV here.
[Via GR and Xbox360Fanboy.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
gnome @ Feb 15th 2006 4:24AM
Monty Python it's not... Fawlty Towers neither. But it's decent, and amazing if one considers that someone from Microsoft came up with this video... Sweet..
Zero_ @ Feb 15th 2006 4:51AM
Great concept, had so much more potential in the humor department but entertaining atleast.
Wanker @ Feb 15th 2006 4:56AM
What. The. Fuck.
Who gives these "marketing" rejects their credentials?
I want my minute back.
AX @ Feb 15th 2006 7:04AM
Shuddap dummies, this was great marketing.
lazy @ Feb 15th 2006 7:19AM
Someone on the marketing team is a stoner
afa @ Feb 15th 2006 8:35AM
Wow, that was incredibly lame.
the littlest bunny @ Feb 15th 2006 8:54AM
your moms a stoner!
jason @ Feb 15th 2006 9:11AM
this was great, well done animation.
Stuka @ Feb 15th 2006 9:54AM
Those aliens can't race for shit...
PodMonkeys @ Feb 15th 2006 10:00AM
That was really cute. I rather enjoyed it.
L @ Feb 15th 2006 11:44AM
That was cute and certainly got the point across much more effectively than fat black women jumping rope.