Where do I even start on this confusing advertisement? Perhaps it's best to nail down what exactly this one sheet is trying to promote. At first glance this is a commercial for Tombstone Pizza, the makers of the world's fifteenth most popular frozen pizza. But wait, what's with that Activision logo? It turns out that Tombstone Pizza is sponsoring a contest where the winner will be flown to some Activision studio and forced to put to work. Best of all, you'll get to play Tony Hawk sequels and eat frozen pizza. Yay!

But who cares about any of that? The reason this advertisement shows up in Commercial Break is because of that bizarre control. Seriously, what is that thing? It looks like an Xbox 360 control, but why would anybody put the D-pad on the right side? What kind of masochist designs a control like that? And the face buttons are under the right analog stick. That's MADNESS!!

Perhaps the most troubling part of this control is how the Tombstone Pizza logo is facing away from the gamer. What good is it going to do anybody if it's facing towards the television? It's distracting and a terrible way to get your brand out there. Now anybody standing directly in front of you will crave the world's worst frozen pizza. Mission accomplished. If I had anything to do with it, I would pay the contest winner $10,000 to make a better ad campaign. They couldn't possibly do a worse job.

FROM: America's Next Great Bad Advertisement