Lips commercial: You will never sleep again

by Randy Nelson { Nov 17th 2008 at 8:00PM }

We're ~~a little~~ very confused as to what Microsoft is attempting to achieve through this TV spot for its karaoke title, Lips, which releases this week. Is it trying to sell the game – or cure any suffering narcoleptics who happen to see it of their inability to stay awake?

If the latter's the case, we salute Microsoft on trying to make life better for sufferers of the condition. If not, and it's just a video game ad, we're not sure people will even want to leave their houses to buy the game, for fear of running into this ... thing. Or even ordering Lips online ... only to have a bipedal mouth appear at their door, the package clutched in its teeth.

Weird, wonderful, or WTF? Watch the spot after the break and tell us what you think.

Tags: commercial, creepy, inis, js-twitter, lips, microsoft-game-studios, video

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Kevin McGough @ Nov 17th 2008 8:06PM

wow.....commercials are just retarted these days

Harbir @ Nov 17th 2008 9:07PM

your retarded these days

Jonafun @ Nov 18th 2008 8:12AM

I think you meant "you're retarded." Retard.

But seriously, I liked that commercial.

Jono Stars @ Nov 17th 2008 10:14PM

You both fail at English.

Paulmichael @ Nov 17th 2008 11:24PM

Quite basic English, no less.

Ellianth @ Nov 18th 2008 10:08AM

Aaah! Real Monsters.

MMLgamer @ Nov 18th 2008 11:44AM

I need to retart my pop tarts.

Mike @ Nov 17th 2008 8:07PM

Bunk!

Jake11- Born and raised in W. Philly @ Nov 17th 2008 8:07PM

...I liked it, if only for the song. A-ha rules

Stiltz @ Nov 17th 2008 8:08PM

Oh...my...God.

Chase @ Nov 18th 2008 5:35AM

[/joeystyles]

Osman @ Nov 17th 2008 8:08PM

that was actually kind of funny, but having it made out of CG just made it look creepy, should have been animated (cartoon)

Mr Numeros @ Nov 17th 2008 8:13PM

Better yet, it should have been hand-drawn like the video for the song.

There. Done. I'll take my money in $20's microsoft.
You're welcome.

Osman @ Nov 17th 2008 8:17PM

you should go into advertising :P

Slayer @ Nov 17th 2008 8:11PM

Well, there goes what little eyesight I have left. :(

Doug @ Nov 17th 2008 9:57PM

Well, at least you'll always have a mouth :D.

Morisato @ Nov 17th 2008 11:22PM

WTF were you guys doing to eachother?!

Hashbrown Hunter @ Nov 18th 2008 6:19AM

Morisato, you just made my day.

Premature ejaculation man @ Nov 17th 2008 8:13PM

They've been playing this ad in Australia for quite a few weeks now...

Not that it means anything

Syth @ Nov 17th 2008 8:18PM

I kinda liked it, looking at the pic above the video I thought it was gonna be really weird... but the ending really wrapped it all up.

ColtonimusPrime @ Nov 17th 2008 8:19PM

I actually think that this is some good advertising. It got my attention and kept it. Plus, the song was pure genius.

Linkario @ Nov 17th 2008 8:26PM

Pretty decent ad IMO. The still photo in the article made it seem much worse than it really was.

LaughingTarget @ Nov 17th 2008 8:28PM

Sony got revenge on Microsoft by giving them their ad agency apparently.

brickwalker0 @ Nov 17th 2008 8:41PM

this reminded me of Sony's advertisements too.

DangerMouse @ Nov 17th 2008 9:30PM

Needs more penis-thumbs.

Hala Madrid!! (THE BIRD IS THE WORD!!) @ Nov 17th 2008 8:29PM

Well, at least its better than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqkNPcUMffU

eNrique @ Nov 17th 2008 10:51PM

Do you really want to make this "My dad is better than your dad"???

Stop trolling and Grow the fuck up pendejo.

WilhelmThe1st @ Nov 17th 2008 10:25PM

That was f'd up. Thankfully I never saw that ad... until now. Jerk.

Lam @ Nov 17th 2008 8:30PM

Those big lips have some pretty fat legs...

CharleyTony @ Nov 17th 2008 8:43PM

the only big error I can see is the lack of gameplay video and it doesnt show whats different about this game compared to the competition (tapping the microphones and moving it up for the "star-power-thing")

at least it says lips and then xbox 360, maybe some parents will figure it out and not come home with WiiMusic as a gift to a Wii-less kid...