The end of the game.com

Believe it or not, the game.com was indeed advertised on television. These videos, taken directly from the CD-ROM that comes bundled with the Tiger Web Link, have been converted to a web-friendly format for your viewing “pleasure.” You may also download the commercials.

	This commercial opens with a couple of loafing angels whining about how there's nothing to do, and how they miss Wheel of Fortune. Suddenly the clouds part and a slick, fast-talking “salesangel” tempts his fellow afterlifers with a little game.com, enabling them to gamble and demand. But!! Just as everyone settles in for a good old time, the voice of what is implied to be God seemingly chastises his “chosen ones” for embracing the earthly contraption. So there it is in black & white, folks: Playing game.com is a sin.



	This is, without a doubt, the most infamous game.com commercial. Tiger's “spokesdwarf” climbs onto the stage, mounts a security guard and commences to scream at, and directly insult, the massive crowd of teenagers he is pitching to. While initially impressed, the teens quickly become rowdy, rushing the stage to depose the orange suited mini-marketer. This ad is oozing with the kind of juvenile bluster that was a hallmark of the '90s: It is rude, crude, and filled with 'tude, just the way we liked it in those days. I did an interview with John Young, who played the lead role in the commercial.



	Finally, we have your typical ADHD-fest: quick cuts of game.com game footage – some of which is fake! – interspersed with screaming kiddies and various wrecking balls. That's really all there is to it. Compared to the first two commercials, which were actually original and entertaining, this one just seems stale and half-hearted. It's like they didn't even care. (Neither did consumers.)