Awesome Commercials

The latest commercial spot for the upcoming Sony PS4 console puts human players into epic gameplay scenarios, with an eye toward the way we’ll be spending our days when the next-gen system hits on 11/15/13.

A bunch of New Yorkers who only wanted a dose of caffeine got a different kind of jolt when a short-tempered girl opened up a can of whoop ass. With her mind. A promtional stunt for the upcoming Carrie remake.

A hilarious PSA for learning first aid from the Australian Red Cross teaches us exactly what the title says. You can’t put a Band-Aid on a bullet wound. From the same guys who taught just us how dangerous paperclips could be.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Porsche 911, the car maker put together a musical birthday tribute using the engine notes of seven generations of the classic sports car. Play an interactive version here.

Director Nacho Gayan’s charming CGI animated spot for the Audi A4 is the ultimate in aspirational marketing, as a tiny wind-up robot wishes he could be more like his distant, and decidedly more sophisticated cousin.

ScreenJunkies schools us on the history of famous actors and celebs, showing off some of their most embarrassing, weird and just plain wrong commercials from early in their careers. Funny that the BK Lounge really delivers now.

Volkswagen USA promotes its free scheduled maintenance offer with a commercial aimed squarely at 80s kids, perfectly aping a classic music video. If you’re too young to remember, let this be your a-ha moment.

Watch Chicago Blackhawks’ star forward Patrick Kane navigate an increasingly tricky field of pucks as he juggles another one with his stick. Kane told the Chicago Tribune that the video is real, except for the very last bit.

This commercial for bathroom freshener Poo-Poourri features a delightful lady whose radiant beauty and pleasant demeanor is matched only by her nasty poop-related puns. It left us chuckling but also moderately confused.

Two Maori kids joke about how their dads drive when high. It seems innocent at first, but their jokes slowly underline the danger that they’re in. A public service advisory from New Zealand’s broadcasting studio Maori Television.

In this awesome augmented reality game for the Lexus IS Hybrid, former F1 driver Jarno Trulli zipped his way to a goal that was projected on the floor while staying on a path that his co-drivers made on the fly using a tablet app.

While it was created as a promo for fast food chain Chipotle’s Scarecrow app, this animated short encouraging sustainable food production stands on its own. Fiona Apple’s cover of Pure Imagination is worth the price of admission.

It’s far too easy to turn our backs on people who need help. Oftentimes, it’s only when we’re at the mercy of others do we realize the value of kindness, as shown in this touching commercial for Thai telecom company True Move H.

Motorola promotes the Moto X’s exclusive voice-activated Touchless Control feature by portraying other smartphones as lazy and sleazy bros. We can’t see how the Moto X could’ve helped with the Sharon problem though.

Playstation Japan’s commercial showcasing the connectivity and the ideal unified experience of Sony’s latest gaming devices: the PlayStation 4, the new PS Vita model and the PS Vita TV microconsole.

This animated commercial for a Japanese lighter and USB drive has so many mind-boggling aspects. First off, it’s over two minutes long. Second, it looks like it was made two decades ago. Third, everything else.