Picking the perfect location for your video game can be tricky. After so many years of games on so many different systems it's hard to be completely original while offering a world gamers will want to explore. Apparently the makers of Starshot didn't get the memo, because they decided to create an action game that takes place in a circus ... in space! Now that's a really bad idea, but it's this crummy piece of advertising that puts Starshot: Space Circus Fever way over the top.

This commercial is very confusing; it's the type of product that requires a lot of explaining just to have a little fun. For example, why do you need a circus out in the middle of space? Wouldn't it make more sense to feature a big top on a planet or even a moon? And how is it that our hero (the loser with the orange and yellow spandex) can breathe in space? And what does he have against clowns??

But it's the bullet points that make the least amount of sense. For instance, one of the selling points says, "Explore with total freedom as you travel through fantastic 3-D worlds in real time." Real time?? Aren't all games in real time? You're controlling a character, when you push a button your character does something, isn't that real time? And while I'm complaining about their text, maybe it's time to stop pretending to use the word "ass" by using a word that features an "A" and an "S" (in this case it's asteroid). It's not clever or funny ... but then again, we're talking about a guy who seems to be fighting at a space circus. Perhaps clever and funny aren't supposed to apply here!

FROM: Two Guys, a Girl, and Bad Advertising