A UK ad for the Xbox 360 featuring street racing stunts has been pulled from TV after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled that it glamorised street racing and could encourage young men to drive dangerously. - Gamespot.
Yet another overreaction from the nanny state that I, unfortunately, have to put up with every day. Does this mean we should ban all street racing video games or, hell, let's ban The Italian Job from being shown on TV every frigging week. Like an advert is going encourage the idiots who do this anymore anyway. 'Boy racer' culture wasn't influenced by a video game or an advert, it's just men being men.
Speaking of said advert I don't think I saw it when it was originally allowed to air in the first place. You have to ask though, why let the ad be shown on TV in the first place?
Apparently it was airing way back in October 2006 so wasn't really being shown on TV anymore anyway.
Xbox 360 ad pulled by UK regulator - Gamespot.
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