Lemurs, Hedghogs, Barrel Rolls, and Insurance Salesmen

Something weird happening lately. I've seen more video game allusions in non-game related television than any other day: 2. First one here:

Yeah, imagine my surprise seeing this on television. More surprising and more hilarious was a clip from the Penguins of Madagascar TV show, which is actually a pretty good show. It invloves King Julian (the king of the lemurs from the Madagascar movies if you're unfamiliar with the show.) Grabbing the steering wheel of a submarine, shouting DO A BARREL ROLL!, and proceeding to, in fact, do some barrel rolls.

In reference to the Sonic/Progressive, some might worry that video game companies are selling out. But I don't necessarily see it that way. I wouldn't think it would take this long for companies to try this approach, and I am in fact more happy due to the realization that companies are allowing these kinds of advertising. It shows that large corporations, even insurance ones, value the cultural impact video games. It makes me cofindient in the emergence of games as less of a negatively viewed phenomenon in today's culture.

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