Mindfire Academy Video Game Design Bootcamp Commercial

[theblargh151]

... Every single reason why I don't play games online anymore is in this video mocking me.

Not to mention that... oh god, there's so many things wrong here that I can't even put them into words.

[CustardGanet]

Yah bloomin ROOK!

[finalcloud69]

Ah my children of hatred has been restored.

[Intelijince]

@finalcloud69 what?

[chewbacca1010]

Oh dear. I've just been taunted by an eight-year-old, in a poorly made commercial.

There is only one thing I can do to salvage my pride now: go to a dubious academy where I can give them all of my money in order to get a nice looking certificate that is worth approximately fuck all and will likely land me a job in beta testing for the rest of my life.

[TheBlarggle]

Did he say "sack up"?

Is that prepubescent child talking about my testicles? o_O

[SputniksArmy]

Controller is off...how can they possibly miss that.

[Y2Zer0]

0:05

Is...is that kid playing a youtube video?

[scootcha]

It might help if you turn on your controller you little shit.

[notredame6523]

You probably like J.R. you queer

[Poy1357]

His controller is not even on...

[NullAnimations]

Damn, this makes me hate 12 year old gamers even more.

[Starfig]

And this is why I will never have children. Because I would probably beat them to death for uttering the word "noob."

[GaelithJr]

I showed this video to Joe Paterno and now he won't even look at kids.

[02212010j]

hey noob, you're controller's not on

[WaddleDee105]

There are so many things wrong with this add but almost all of them have been mentioned in the comments section already. So I just have one thing to say... Who the fuck says "rook"?

[Hammerman24]

Damn, better not mess with this kid! He can play video games WITHOUT TURNING ON THE CONTROLLER!

[salpha22]

You can't beat Madden.

[drwangenstein]

@salpha22 what if you named your cock 'madden'

[KainDrake]

So, I can be a chess piece too? Awesome! I'll take that over going to this "school."

[IDigitalUniverse]

the contoller is not even on *facepalm.

[ge5undhe17]

"Bwaaahh you're owning my ass! Your perks are too imba!"

"Then make your own FPS or stay a rook."

[RocMegamanX]

"Oh, what a pleasant surprise. Normally the horrible children on Xbox Live only offer me a job as a d**k eater or an n-word." - Seanbaby

[FiveofHearts1]

It's kinda creepy if you think of it as the kid losing his mind. The controllers not on, the screen is playing a game that he obviously isn't, and there's no real sign that he's actually talking to anyone. Even his conversation doesn't sound like a normal conversation, even for a typical 12-year old screaming into his mic.

If you pan back, his room is probably just a padded cell with kid's room stuff to keep him from having psychotic episodes.

[Galvorn11]

Smash the buttons like an idiot...doesn't make you a game designer.

[ANeonTiger]

Why are people so terrible at acting like they're using a controller? Pretty much every movie where they play something, you just see them smashing buttons. You'd think a 13 year old kid would be able to feign playing video games a little better.

[Valkod23]

Right now, I want to punch that child in the throat over and over, I swear I had to listen to some kid like that in DCUO a few days ago.

[IPunchWithMyFists]

Oh hey it's you! I remember you from Halo: Reach! You little dickface! Now I know your face! NOW I KNOW YOUR SCENT.

[DeltaTuts]

The best way to play nothing is to hit every button real fast and not turn on the controller

[CaptainAshSpearow]

His Xbox 360 controller isn't even connected, and he calls ME a rook.

[slipknotjake]

what a fucking scam

[Normal1S]

Thank you, Mindfire. You have successfully convinced me to never attend to your school as you clearly know nothing of the game industry, design, or even playing them.

[Jjvalour]

Turn on the f#$%ing controller!

[DoctorMGinius]

A recent study shows that 90% Mindfire Academy "students" applied only so they could punch this kid 's face.

[KIETGIANGDBZ]

Fucking 12 year old gamers -_-

[TheHornet79]

Dang is that how stupid I look when I play an Xbox control?

[Lemon77UG]

Seanbaby is a fag. Don't believe me? Just read the last paragraph of this segment in the article.

"This little bastard is so unlikeable that I'm starting to understand why someone would want to tamper with children's aspirin."

Jesus...

[CaptainF0rk]

@Lemon77UG Well I DO kinda wanna taper with children's aspirin right about now after hearing what just passed for words come out of his mouth.

[thenoobinator1]

I'd rather make a game that cause the player to show emotional reactions and provides unique gameplay and story thank you very much.

[RetroAdvance]

@thenoobinator1 So in other words you don't want to make games.

[thenoobinator1]

@RetroAdvance What? I did say gameplay did I not?

[ExploitedYouth87]

Mindfire knows what motivates us! It's not money, job security, or even blatant promises of getting sex from women gamers (as game design is the ultimate aphrodisiac). What really motivates us is trying to impress the high-pitched, squeaky, prepubescent voice over the headset constantly calling us "newb", questioning our sexuality and our mother's sexual decency.

[DOGOFWAR777]

Such a punchable face.....

[Michael2987]

controller isnt turned on

[doomrider7]

I just what little faith I had left in humanity.

[Specterish]

I always thought of myself as more of a Bishop but if I'm a Rook I guess that's okay too :/

[Th3D0K]

Is murder legalized yet?

[cobiwanskill]

copy + paste

DONE

[tegolin]

This ad makes me want to tamper with children's Asprin.

[nickytehraptor]

@tegolin Seanbaby! We found you!

[boitahaki]

so painful to watch

[wonderwomanhero]

So what I got from this video was that this kid is insulting another gamer by saying he should create games and if he doesn't he will continue to fail at life?

[blameboy]

This video perfectly illustrates why I hate children. And adults.

[skunkpants]

Hrmm, the controller's not turned on...

[Bvenged505]

Yep, I'm all for being a rook too, they can be a very strategic piece in chess. I didn't even realise being good at BO or Madden held any kind of status within the rest of the more-mature gaming industry. Talked down by a kid who knows shit-all about games and can't even turn a controller on - Ironically, this kid perfectly represents the stereotyped community of CoD & Fifa/Madden.

[pogonaut220]

Is this commercial for schizophrenic treatment? Because he's not actually chatting with anyone on the other end, the controller is not on. Watch it again, it's actually quite creepy when you know what's really happening...poor dude.

[thingrizzly]

Godawful, take a lap.

[SLonergan59]

I love it that a school with a game design program can't TURN ON A FUCKING CONTROLLER

[hadomaru1121]

Did you know? 12-year-old shitbags are the most hated demographic in the games industry. Just thought you should know.

[TheJedimanman123]

@hadomaru1121 I find the ones that act tolerable ok but i love how they choose the ones that annoy the living F**k out of adults and even other children

[ScreamingScallop]

I'm not a violent person.

But I easily imagined slapping this little shart hard enough to bounce him off the wall so I could take another pop at him as he rebounded.

[xOnimaru]

It seems like the commercial directors are intentionally showing us that the controller is turned off. It must be a subtle message intentionally added to warn the masses that the cake is a lie and that they're actually being forced into slave labor for alien overlords upon enrollment.

[battousai9439]

Someone actually got paid for this.

[DurzaGaiden]

@Mindfirecom I can't possibly see how this would convince anyone who enjoys video games to actually pay for an education like that. The script was basically a word salad, the controller wasn't even turned on, and it showed absolutely no indication that the school even knows how to design video games, or make convincing advertisements.

[Shadoboy]

This commercial makes me want to make a game less and more to beat that kid's ass.

[InfuZedShaDoWz]

Next time turn on the controller and plug the mic in.

[tiosopaman]

those poor fucks just dont play games at all huh? bill gates made a cameo of doom and that made me wanna be a games designer more than this.

[MrHiddenAssassin]

Hey asshole you might play a little better if your controller was turned on.......

[perun1nj]

I'll stay a Rook, you can be the Pawn who later becomes a Queen.

[uninterestingentity]

Why do so many of these commercials have a controller that's not even active and an 'actor' who handles their controller like they're having a stroke?

[Aconite333]

As far as poorly made video game design commercials go, this one is probably the most accurate. In that it features some annoying kid talking trash into a headset.

[jeralgrant]

Madden = FPS?

[dholmestar]

WHAT UP NEEEWWWB

[decay159]

I haven't beaten black ops or madden =/

[butilikeapples]

You guys are just being so mean to this little kid. I mean, he is the gaming equivlent of Jesus Christ here; HE CAN PLAY WITH HIS MIND HE DOESN'T EVEN NEED A CONTROLLER! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[Imatrollyay]

This is such an utterly horrible commercial in so many ways. For starters, advertising companies do not know "gamer speak". Stop acting like you do, because it's grating on the ears. Also, the absolute last thing a video game designer wants to think about is the annoying, ungrateful little bastards like this kid that are going to play his game and make it suck for anyone else.

[drplbiftin]

eurgh, what a little shitbag

[NosferatuMan5]

I want to punch this kid in the face so badly.

[Proletariat12]

"Or don't and stay a . . ." what? ruuuh?

[stolencheezburger]

But its time to sack up and accept a new mission. Creating your own EFF PEE ESS. :(

[BigBangBlitz]

It actually does feel like my mind is on fire.

Great job!

[antonio610]

Is it really so hard to be actually playing a videogame for real when you shoot the ad?

[acethedisturbed]

@antonio610 It would probably make it too hard to focus on the lines. That, and when actually playing most people don't press buttons like a cracked-out maniac, which to the people making the ad probably looks unrealistic.

[kranktank]

If someone shoots him in the head with a gun would that person be playing a real life EFF PEE ESS??

[jacoblgames]

I swear I've seen this commercial before.

[Alpha3KV]

At least the other ad gave me a vague promise of sex with a moderately attractive woman. This one just shows that even if I do become a successful game designer, all I will really be accomplishing is giving 12-year-olds another outlet to act like total shitheads. That doesn't really make me motivated to go to game design school.

[ninjamitsuki]

I like how he specifically says "FPS" in a way that would make it so that FPS games are the only games worth designing.

[041744]

I'll gladly stay a Rook, its a very useful piece

[UnusedBEAR]

As a guy who makes his own games. I find this offensive.

[DannySmith300]

YOU GOT CRACKED

[peeeesh]

I BEAT BLACK OPS AND MADDEN.

I AM TETSUO.

[whatchutalkinabout1]

I console in the fact that one day he will be Forever Alone

[AshCosgrove]

168 people stayed rooks, myself included. Better than being a pawn, eh douchebag?

[oB2KoMario]

Aaaaand Cracked.

[pokerguy94]

It might help to turn the controller on first.

[TomDarkwulf87]

Yes, appeal to gamers by making a commercial geared toward them starring the most hated gamer demographic of all time. Whiney twelve year old e-thugs. *facepalm*

[SuperAngryPinguin]

wtf why does he use the d-pad when hes playing Cod?

[VideogamesAreSerious]

I don't want to stay a rook! I want to be a bishop!

[travelsonic]

@kid in commercial: learn what n00b is or shut the fuck up, n00b.

[tabby444]

Looks like me when I was little, playing button smasher with Mortal Combat.

[Rinku102]

@tabby444 Urgg NERD RAGE!!!

[SouljiaboyBLOWS]

Since I make most my life decisions based around what small children tell me, I'll apply in the morning.

[MrBuch169169]

Not that I don't respect this small child, but Madden is not an FPS.

[AnotherSchmoe]

Easily the worst commercial I have ever seen.

[kaiban42]

rook?? i would have gone with virg or pube

[alek21496]

Come on.

[Insanelyzanter]

Black ops? Madden? Oh yeah, I want to learn from people who hold those in high respect.

[ford427v8]

Who does random button mashing like that when they play an FPS game anyway? Oh, nevermind...His controller's turned off anyway...

[MaximumMaxime]

at Mindfire Academy, no need to turn on your controller !

[tyrongkojy]

By the way, obnoxious 12 year olds are the single most hated group of gamers, and normal people actively try to AVOID doing everthing they tell them, so good job, there.

[tyrongkojy]

Hey, uh, still forgot to turn on the controller. So I assume this kid who's trash talking and trying to sell your product is... funtionally retarded? Because that is the only explanation for all I see and hear here. Yeah....

[Vheeri]

It's like they're advertising against themselves. EPIC FAIL

[mastermalpass]

Are the companies hosting these game design courses even watching these ads before putting them on youtube?

[LikaLaruku]

If I had my way, no one under 18 could play any kind of multiplayer game.

[AnimalBK1]

This obviously is intended towards the rook (Corvus frugilegus) family of birds wanting to become humans in game design.

[The7alfa]

the stupidness in this commercial can only be topped by the fact that he is 12 and he's playing a FPS on a console

[darkstarlings]

I still can't decide whether I want to "sack up" or "stay a rook." Could someone explain what either of those things mean?  I lost my 1990 edition of Webster's Middle School Urban Dictionary. I'd just like to make an informed decision, here. Thanks.

[acethedisturbed]

@darkstarlings Well a rook would presumably be a rookie, but that is not one of those long list of things that 13 year olds on Call of Duty have called me...although to be fair most probably aren't fit for putting in a commercial.

[troymcklure2002]

@darkstarlings Sack up is kinda obvious.....

[LOOMAMEES]

That made my day. Thank you, Cracked!

[darkstarlings]

You guys need to fire whoever is in charge of your ad campaigns. Seriously, this is abysmal.

[Ammit5]

But Rooks are the best! They can move straight across the board in any non diagonal direction, they're useful for pushing opponent kings into a checkmate, and don't even get me started on Castling!

[chucktasticz12]

HE DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO TURN THE CONTROLLER ON!

[Jay27z]

Mindfire Academy obviously doesnt know how to turn on controllers ill never go to a school if it cant do that



[FiveofHearts1]

Controllers not on. I like to think it's just DVD of gameplay and his mother is in the background pretending to be who he's talking to on the other end because no one else will play with him.

[rockfreak611]

this angers me

[kaneinsurance]

A rook? Wait, are we supposed to be designing a FPS or playing Chess? I'm so confused that I'm just going to enroll in Everest. LMAO

[jbdranger]

i'm confused by the term Sack up...

[DemomanX614]

The like bar is too funny.

I have never seen so many dislikes and only 1 like. Achievement unlocked.

[Boomstick898]

That one like is him! 

[LaughJester9000]

>Calling people rookies

>Doesn't know his controller is off

[PCgam3r14]

@LaughJester9000 HAHAHHAHA

[acethedisturbed]

@LaughJester9000 His headset isn't plugged into anything either...not that would matter, since the controller being off would render it useless even if it were.

[DancingJesus94]

This advert made me stop playing video games.

[hucklebuckets]

LOLOLOL this kid's controller isn't even on, and he's 'playing' a YouTube video of someone else actually playing the game. Wow.

[Pintassilgo12]

@hucklebuckets

He's also pressing random buttons.

[mario64guy]

I find this child's condescending tone to be unamusing and immature. I wish to have him removed from this planet immediately.

[mryamica123]

Cracked

[Gamiac]

Wait, a rook? Am I supposed to be learning how to make video games, or board games?

[MrGerbilGoof]

What up noob, in 5 years I'll be in the same position as you are right now; a "rook".

[zombieman841]

Hey, I'm not a rook! I'm a bishop 3:<

[TheDamnedOCRemix]

That little brat needs to be CRACKED upside the head.

[LegacyCrono]

Is that youtube I see on the screen?

[darknut79]

An ad supposedly designed to appeal to nerds features a kid talking about Madden and CoD, rather than, say, games that actual nerds play. The irony almost kills me.

[alex9033]

@darknut79 But... I play Madden...

[Gamberbro237]

Controllers off, thats a Computer moniter, and that kid is a typical "looks up how to insult you on internet and calls you a dick eating vigna nigger" which is kinda funny when a black guy on your teem calls him out for it

[SorryThreeFingers]

why is his controller turned off?!

[shockywatt]

@SorryThreeFingers i always did it to my brothers kids turned of the controller when they started to misbehave

[Esoto826]

@SorryThreeFingers his controller's off because he's a pro

[Winterfang]

@SorryThreeFingers

Maybe he is using kinect.

[NoisyPanther]

The kid's not even playing the game.

[iDuhlan]

Okay so let me get this straight.

You've made Ads to appeal to a bunch of nerdy (mostly male) gamers, a demographic notorious for being on the OTHER end of the social spectrum.

And you've made ads about a TWELVE YEAR OLD shit talking them over CoD.

And an annoying, bitchy white girl explaining why they won't go out with them.

It really boggles the mind how people like this are allowed to handle a fucking camera.

[treetheoak]

@iDuhlan has more to do with handling marketing and trusted with human with human interaction than filming. the company that filmed this probably didn't give a fuck that the ad sucked.

[kranktank]

@iDuhlan sounds like neither of us can tell if the kid in this ad is a boy or a girl

[Chasesama]

Typical fag playing COD Black Ops