Posts tagged advertising standards authority

Burnout Dominator advertisement causes controversy

by Andrew Yoon (Jun 27th 2007 4:00PM)

Are people becoming increasingly fearful of the media? It appears so, as an advertisement for Burnout Dominator was deemed too "violent" for the common public to view. In EA's ad for its PS2/PSP racer, an image of a burning car can be seen, with a tag line: "Inner peace through outer violence." Th...

Wii ad 'too violent' for some in UK

by Alisha Karabinus (Mar 30th 2007 5:15PM)

Red Steel and Twilight Princess are reminiscent of terrorist videos ... at least to one individual in the UK. Apparently, this ad was a bit too "violent, offensive, and disturbing" for seventeen (yes, seventeen) television viewers in Britain, and they made their displeasure known. After a review by ...