9 ms·

I'm not sure I understand, I'm just seeing a very clearly staged 2 second clip of product usage and reaction like you'd see in any commercial.

draw_down 3mo ago
[dead]
debugnik 3mo ago
This one is admittedly very natural compared to how cringey they usually get in gaming ads. Which says more about the industry than about this particular clip.
rustyminnow 3mo ago
In any other commercial they'd be laughing and grinning ear to ear with their fakest smile instead of wincing from dieing in Cuphead. Definitely still staged but refreshingly so.
- deleted 3mo ago
  [deleted]
orphea 3mo ago
Nah, I have to agree with andy^andrew. This is how staged reaction looks like: https://www.residentialsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/iStock-1451109044-scaled.jpg https://www.residentialsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/0... The Steam's clip is actually nowhere near like that.
- PaulHoule 3mo ago
  If you're good at acting you can go up on stage with somebody you met two weeks ago and people will believe that you're family. It's funny how it works. I took an iPhone selfie of myself as the character that I go out to do street photography as and my wife and my son say "you staged that!" but then I hand out my business cards with it and everybody else tells me it is a great photo.
- imustbeevil 3mo ago
  I can appreciate that the direction for this commercial was "just play the game and we'll find a good 2 second cut". I'm just worried that I'm seeing people compliment an advertisement. It's the kind of overt emotional marketing I would hope we'd all scroll past looking for the technical specifications.
- LgWoodenBadger 3mo ago
  Idiomatically, it’s “WHAT something looks LIKE” or “HOW something looks.” It’s never, in EFL, “HOW…LIKE” Next up is “make” vs “take” a decision.
  - orphea 3mo ago
    Noted, thanks! You can tell English is not my first language ;)
leokennis 3mo ago
Days of our Lives is staged and so is The Godfather. Yet one is not like the other. Valve staged a scene of two people playing a game like how most people play a game. Just like that, there are many small human touches to this Steam Machine page. The messy cable picture where they show off the led strip, the honest and plain FAQ. Etc. We don't have to glaze Valve for doing this, but we can still appreciate it.

draw_down 3mo ago

[dead]

debugnik 3mo ago

This one is admittedly very natural compared to how cringey they usually get in gaming ads. Which says more about the industry than about this particular clip.

rustyminnow 3mo ago

In any other commercial they'd be laughing and grinning ear to ear with their fakest smile instead of wincing from dieing in Cuphead. Definitely still staged but refreshingly so.

deleted 3mo ago
[deleted]

orphea 3mo ago

Nah, I have to agree with andy^andrew. This is how staged reaction looks like: https://www.residentialsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/iStock-1451109044-scaled.jpg https://www.residentialsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/0... The Steam's clip is actually nowhere near like that.

PaulHoule 3mo ago
If you're good at acting you can go up on stage with somebody you met two weeks ago and people will believe that you're family. It's funny how it works. I took an iPhone selfie of myself as the character that I go out to do street photography as and my wife and my son say "you staged that!" but then I hand out my business cards with it and everybody else tells me it is a great photo.
imustbeevil 3mo ago
I can appreciate that the direction for this commercial was "just play the game and we'll find a good 2 second cut". I'm just worried that I'm seeing people compliment an advertisement. It's the kind of overt emotional marketing I would hope we'd all scroll past looking for the technical specifications.
LgWoodenBadger 3mo ago
Idiomatically, it’s “WHAT something looks LIKE” or “HOW something looks.” It’s never, in EFL, “HOW…LIKE” Next up is “make” vs “take” a decision.
- orphea 3mo ago
  Noted, thanks! You can tell English is not my first language ;)

leokennis 3mo ago

Days of our Lives is staged and so is The Godfather. Yet one is not like the other. Valve staged a scene of two people playing a game like how most people play a game. Just like that, there are many small human touches to this Steam Machine page. The messy cable picture where they show off the led strip, the honest and plain FAQ. Etc. We don't have to glaze Valve for doing this, but we can still appreciate it.