Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Sony engaged on a marketing campaign for the PlayStation One in 1995 for the video game Wipeout by Psygnosis featuring two youths slumped over with glassy eyes and nosebleeds. What was this poster supposed to mean? Well, the newspapers and press certainly got angry over it. This was part of the PlayStations aim to infiltrate the club scene and become a part of youth culture. Find out the full story in the latest episode of Games In The Media.

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Credits
Wipeout footage, Mad Matt, World of Longplays.
Rave Footage. youtube.com/watch?v=eRpMctqzVOI
S.A.P.S Advert, Playstation Europe
theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/03/how-playstation-infiltrated-youth-culture
Ian Anderson, of the Directors Republic

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