I gotten miss Playboy, they should’ve never stopped printing, they were so popular. I also miss old Nintendo, they weren’t so anti-emulation, and overprotective. It’s sad.
God I miss magazines. Not playboy or anything, but gaming magazines. EGM, Nintendo Power and (less so) GamePro we’re my favorites. It was a magical time to be a gamer when you would get those once a month, before everything was available electronically automatically.
I remember around 2002 in the regular gaming magazines Nintendo had a Gameboy advance ad of a dude plahing GBA in bed with his wife and the slogan was ‘the second best thing you can do in bed.’
Well as they say sex sells so why not use sex to sell your things ? Also back in the day Magazines was great way to advertise and was often cheaper than TV commercials. Also Playboy was huge so you reached even more new consumers.
I know it´s hard for people not growing up without internet or 56k modes but that´s how advertising was done back in the day in magazines and on TV.
My two favourite hobbies
That’s a pretty awesome ad, Ngl.
No surprise considering they used to own love hotels.
Playboy was a huge business before the internet. Magazines in general were I guess.
They know who their real audience was
I gotten miss Playboy, they should’ve never stopped printing, they were so popular. I also miss old Nintendo, they weren’t so anti-emulation, and overprotective. It’s sad.
That Gameboy looks like a garden, I like it!
Factorio is that you ? Are you calling me home ?
That is genius marketing
my mom used to call my gameboy a “playboy”.
God I miss magazines. Not playboy or anything, but gaming magazines. EGM, Nintendo Power and (less so) GamePro we’re my favorites. It was a magical time to be a gamer when you would get those once a month, before everything was available electronically automatically.
Getting old sucks.
*vine boom*
they were a poker factory at japan so why not.
“a little hint”
*decks half of the garden out with a fucking grass gameboy*
This may come as a shock to those of you who weren’t born before the year 2000…but EVERYBODY used to advertise in Playboy.
Playboy is/was a glorified ad magazine with articles and a bit of T&A
“my wife takes a long time to come”
Probably the GameBoy
Obligatory Nintendo used to run ~~sex brothels~~ love hotels.
That’s awesome. I really loved the game boy when I was a kid.
Had to really zoom in to see that’s not Homer Simpson mowing the lawn
Yes, a Japanese video game company. JAPANESE.
You really think the contents of a Playboy magazine really shocked them?
OP found this while… “Reading the articles!”
Nintendo used to run brothels and make nude playing cards. Playboy was right up their alley.
They knew the kids would eventually find a way to uncle’s magazine stash.
Dude spent way more than a Gameboy was worth in that garden.
They for sure put conker ads in playboy
“Leave a little hint around the house”… ok, but not the Playboy, I’m thinking…
I remember around 2002 in the regular gaming magazines Nintendo had a Gameboy advance ad of a dude plahing GBA in bed with his wife and the slogan was ‘the second best thing you can do in bed.’
I’m sure Todd Howard once said that Bethesda used to have demo booths at porn shows.
I can see imagine there will have been a massive crossover of demographics back in the day.
Why the hell were you reading pdf version of old playboy mags ?
I wonder if JJ homer ever solved his wife’s ‘problem’
Real boy, playing game boy
This ad wasn’t for dad.
Playboy knows about our sneek-peeks.
I swear I just got a wiff of a new magazine with the faint Ralph Lauren cologne.
Well as they say sex sells so why not use sex to sell your things ? Also back in the day Magazines was great way to advertise and was often cheaper than TV commercials. Also Playboy was huge so you reached even more new consumers.
I know it´s hard for people not growing up without internet or 56k modes but that´s how advertising was done back in the day in magazines and on TV.
Rosalina centerfold when?
Pauline would also work. I’m not picky.
Wait until OP finds out how absurdly horny game ads used to be too