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“Super Bowl 2020 commercial for Dashlane drops you in terrifying password hell” – CNET

February 23, 2020 By Alexa Kellenberger FSU '22

“In the minute-long spot, called ‘Password Paradise,’ a hooded mythological creature ferries a guy in a boat through swampy waters reminiscent of the River Styx in Dante’s Inferno. Ahead, there’s a bright, welcoming light and the sound of angelic voices. But to enter this paradise, the guy will need his password — which he’s naturally forgotten.

“The Charon-like creature prompts him to answer his security questions. No, it has be to the name of his first pet. You wanted to be a dolphin trainer when you grew up? Sorry, wrong answer dude!” [. . .]    –Leslie Katz, CNET, January 31, 2020.

Contirbuted by Trey Turney (The Bolles School, ’22)

Categories: Odds & Ends
Tagged with: 2020, Advertising, Charon, Humor, Inferno, Marketing, River Styx

Smokin’ Guns Hell

January 6, 2020 By lsanchez

“4th Circle – Motiveless Kickers: Condemned to obsessively kick each other.

[. . .]

9th Circle – Wallhackers: Condemned to play against invisible opponents, and completely surrounded by fog.”    –Biondo, Lame Clan, June 19, 2011

Learn more about the first-person shooter video game, Smokin’ Guns, here.

Categories: Digital Media
Tagged with: 2011, Abandon All Hope, Circles of Hell, Hell, Humor, Inferno, Infographics, Video Games

Two-Minute Apocalypse

December 18, 2019 By lsanchez

“Heavenly Legal had issued a Malfunction Recall and she was a fallen angel sent from below to ensure poor souls like mine found their way into the tenth circle of Hell in an orderly fashion. ‘I thought there were only nine circles down there,’ I objected. ‘We had to add one for all those who’ve lived their lives as if they were going to live forever.'”    —Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Chipotle’s The Cultivating Thought Author Series

Photo courtesy of Crystal on Tumblr, who also provides a full transcript of Carlos’ story.

Categories: Consumer Goods, Dining & Leisure, Written Word
Tagged with: 2019, Circles of Hell, Hell, Humor, Inferno, Tenth Circle

Looney Tunes – Book Revue (1946)

October 24, 2019 By lsanchez

looney-tunes-book-revue

“Stop that dancing up there! Ya sillies.”

The Big Bad Wolf was particularly bad in this 1946 Looney Tunes clip.

See more about the short, titled Book Revue, here.

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 1946, Cartoons, Humor, Inferno, Television

Nathan W. Pyle’s Comic

September 6, 2019 By Alexa Kellenberger FSU '22

Nathan W. Pyle is an author and illustrator based in New York City. He is best known for his book NYC Basic Tips and Etiquette (2014), and his comic series Strange Planet.

You can check out more of Pyle’s work by following him on Instagram, Facebook, and by visiting his website. Additionally, Pyle is releasing a book of Strange Planet comics later this year, which you can check out on Amazon.

Contributed by Dariella Fonseca (Florida State University ’20).

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: 2019, Abandon All Hope, Art, Artists, Comics, Hell, Humor, New York City

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