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The 31 Best Super Bowl LVIII Commercials, Ranked From Solid To Iconic
12.2.2024
Super Bowl LVIII, with its thrilling overtime finish and luxury box shots of Taylor Swift and Blake Lively, has come and gone, and so now we must honor those generous corporate patrons who shell out millions so Tom Brady can stay on television. This is all we have, for the staff of The A.V. Club...
Kraken Exec Questions Efficacy of Crypto Ads at Super Bowl Despite Global Reach
12.2.2024
Kraken’s Chief Marketing Officer, Mayur Gupta, believes the Super Bowl is no longer an effective avenue for crypto marketing. Speaking before Sunday’s US National Football League championship final, he told FOX Business that Kraken did not buy advertising space in the event because...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Stays Bullish Near $48,500; More Buying Ahead?
12.2.2024
Bitcoin maintains a bullish trajectory, trading near $48,500 on Monday, underscoring a positive outlook for Bitcoin price predictions. Amidst evolving market strategies, Kraken’s executive decision to bypass Super Bowl LVIII advertising highlights a shift from broad, hype-driven exposure to...
US President Joe Biden Sparks Crypto Speculation With Laser Eyes Avatar on X
12.2.2024
US President Joe Biden’s laser-eyed post on his X and Instagram accounts late Sunday intrigued the crypto community. The image posted was captioned: “Just like we drew it up.” Biden’s post follows the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl...
Report: Crypto Ads Sideline in Super Bowl LVIII Despite Recent Bitcoin ETF Launches
11.2.2024
Following a wave of cryptocurrency ads securing airtime for promotions during the 2022 Super Bowl, the subsequent year witnessed an absence of crypto entities airing commercials in the event. The trend is set to continue into 2024, as highlighted by a recent analysis on the subject. Although...
Tom Brady NFT Fetches $40K as Super Bowl Legends Hype Digital Collectibles
11.2.2024
The NFL All Day digital collectibles brand, developed by Dapper Labs, entered Super Bowl weekend with a surge of momentum. The sports-themed, digital-collectible brand issued promotional packs of NFTs during the NFL playoffs in January, resulting in several high-profile sales. Notably,...
Madden's Super Bowl Predictions Are More Accurate Than You Think
6.2.2024
Super Bowl LVIII week is upon us, as we’re merely days away from the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. For a couple of decades now, we’ve had Super Bowl simulations played out via EA Sports’ John Madden Football video game. It’s been a crapshoot, in large part, with...
Larry David Reflects on Super Bowl FTX Ad: ‘Like an Idiot, I Did It’
3.2.2024
At the premiere of “Curb Your Enthusiasm’s” final season, Larry David expressed remorse for his participation in a Super Bowl commercial for FTX, reflecting on the decision as misguided after the cryptocurrency exchange’s bankruptcy. Larry David Admits Regret Over FTX Super...
Comedy Icon Larry David Says He Was an ‘Idiot’ For Taking Part in FTX Super Bowl Ad
2.2.2024
Renowned comedian Larry David has expressed regret over his decision to star in a Super Bowl commercial for the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The FTX ad aired during Super Bowl LVI. Speaking during the final season premiere of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the hit show in which...
Patrick Stewart Uses Hey Arnold Star As A Football In New Super Bowl Ad
1.2.2024
I didn’t expect to check Twitter or X or whatever today and see a Super Bowl advertisement featuring Patrick Stewart, Master Chief, Arnold from Hey, Arnold!, the band Creed, Knuckles from the Sonic franchise, and Survivor host Jeff Probst. Yet, folks, here we are. Welcome to 2024. It sucks. Read...
That FTX Super Bowl Ad? 'Like an Idiot, I Did It,' Larry David Says
1.2.2024
Sam Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency exchange infamously collapsed months after the commercial
Super Bowl 58 Wagers Heat up — 49ers Lead as Crypto Betting Markets Favor Their Victory
30.1.2024
In just under two weeks, the National Football League (NFL) champions of the American Football Conference (AFC), the Kansas City Chiefs, and their counterparts from the National Football Conference (NFC), the San Francisco 49ers, will clash in the much-anticipated Super Bowl 58. As of right...
Final Fantasy’s Most Divisive Minigame Deserves More Love
8.1.2024
In 2021, Croatian Budimir Šobat broke the world record when he held his breath underwater for 24 minutes and 37.36 seconds. So it’s always been kind of silly that athletes in Final Fantasy X hold their breath indefinitely to play the full-contact underwater sport of Blitzball. Yet this is also...
Chinese Chess Champ Stripped Of Title After Taking A Dump In A Bathtub
28.12.2023
When you accomplish something big, like winning a major tournament, how do you celebrate? Maybe you jump around in excitement, salty rivulets streaming down your face in a rush of emotions. Maybe you pop a bottle of champagne and spray it around like an NFL player after the Super Bowl. Or,...
How K-Pop Made League of Legends Immortal
6.12.2023
The longevity of League of Legends is astounding. Across the industry, developers are trying to grab a share of the lucrative live-service games pie. Since 2009, the enduring popularity of this multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game has made it a golden goose: often imitated, but never...
AI Is Already Transforming Voices In The Biggest Games
23.10.2023
Viktor Vektor’s office is one of the most gruesome places in all of Cyberpunk 2077. A back-alley ripperdoc, he makes a living cutting patients open, swapping out their synthetic implants, and bandaging them back together again. It’s ground zero for where the meat meets the metal in the sci-fi RPG’s...
Tom Brady’s Estranged Wife Gisele Bundchen Claims FTX Collapse ‘Blindsided’ Her
25.3.2023
Former U.S. National Football League (NFL) quarterback Tom Brady’s estranged wife Gisele Bundchen has said she was “blindsided” by the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Bundchen claimed that she only invested in FTX because her financial advisors recommended it. Bundchen...
Twitch Star Adin Ross Banned After Streaming Porn, Now Lashing Out
27.2.2023
Adin Ross, one of Twitch’s top broadcasters with over seven million followers, has been banned from the livestreaming platform for the eighth time. This time, it appears to be permanent following a string of incidents he’s engaged in on rival streaming platform Kick, including pulling up porn...
Prosecutors Seek Restrictions on Former FTX CEO’s Electronic Devices Following VPN Use for Football Streaming
17.2.2023
Prosecutors in the financial fraud case against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) are attempting to persuade the judge to restrict his use of electronic devices. It has been revealed that SBF used a virtual private network (VPN) to watch the Super Bowl through a foreign subscription service...
Sam Bankman-Fried's use of a VPN on Super Bowl Sunday 'raised concerns', say prosecutors
14.2.2023
Lawyers representing the former FTX CEO and U.S. prosecutors requested until Feb. 17 to discuss the impact using a VPN could have on Bankman-Fried's bail conditions