Bored Game™

What a blast to the past...The folks at Dark Igloo set out to recreate the unforgettably campy mid 90's toy commercial style that dominated that era with Bored Game. A tribute to hazy bedrooms, overly enthusiastic flannel donning kids and some seriously gimmicky (yet effective) selling points. They nailed it on the head with their 90's in a blender concept.

A commercial for Bored Game™ - the greatest game never made and fifth place on 1994’s Hottest Holiday Toy List. Starring The Technodrome, Hot Shots Electronic Basketball, Boglins, a GoPro mounted to a slot car, Mall Madness, the TMNT Pizza Thrower, Power Glove, Toe Jam & Earl, Laser Tag, Don’t Wake Daddy and at least one thing you had growing up. Some assembly required.

Smash TV - "Memorex" (A 50 Minute Odyssey Through The 80's)

Back in 2011, Smash TV's 'Skinemax' blew us away as a lovingly crafted, hour long ode to everything that made cinema in the 80's so memorable. Fast forward to 2013 and we're presented with the second installment of Smash TV's VJ odysseys, dubbed 'Memorex.'

Billed as 'the advertising industry's collective wet dream,' this 50 minute odyssey was sourced from close to 40 hours of 80's commercials extracted from a countless number of worn VHS tapes. Sit back, full screen and enjoy some nostalgia induced catharsis. Smash TV couldn't have put it more eloquently:

'Memorex is a deep exploration of nostalgia and the fading cultural values of an era of excess. It's a re-contextualization of ads - cultural detritus, the lowest of the low - into something altogether more profound, humorous, and at times, even beautiful. Digging up long forgotten memories for a generation who spent their formative years glued to the boob tube, Memorex is a veritable nostalgia nuke for children of the 80s. Endless beach parties, Saturday morning cartoons, claymation everything, sleek cars, sexy babes, toys you forgot existed, station idents, primitive computer animation, all your favorite sugary cereal mascots, and so much more. An ode to the hyper consumerism and sleek veneer of a simpler time.

The audio provides a perfect accompaniment to the warped and weirdly nostalgic footage, like finding your favorite cassette from childhood after it’s been baking in the sun for 25 years. An authentic audio/visual package, Memorex was designed to look and feel like the real deal. The ultimate VHS tape.

Is it a lost cultural relic, melted to the dash of an '83 Nissan Sentra?
Is it a sinister government experiment, designed to brainwash children into becoming consumer slaves?
Is it the pinnacle of blipverts, sent back in time from 20 minutes into the future?
Is it the holy grail of unlabeled VHS tapes, tucked away in the back room of an abandoned Blockbuster?
Is it live, or is it Memorex?
We didn't create your childhood, we just organized it for you. How to brainwash an entire generation. 
OBEY. CONSUME. THIS IS YOUR GOD.'

Skinemax : A Tribute To A Cinematic Golden Age

Reserve one hour of your day to take part in this amazing journey through an era now decades behind us, filled with memorable imagery and chock full of nostalgia for people who grew up during the eighties and early nineties. If you were born after that, consider this a fascinating look at the culture from that era, and all the imagery that defined a generation. So many amazing memories, and damn... Its been an incredible journey so far. This is the equivalent of a nostalgia nuke for people who grew up in that era, so be careful. Once you start, its really hard to stop watching this.