Comments on: India’s Edgy Playstation 2 Ads http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/07/10/indias-edgy-playstation-2-ads/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:30:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joey deVilla http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/07/10/indias-edgy-playstation-2-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-447 Joey deVilla Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:43:10 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2007/07/10/indias-edgy-playstation-2-ads/#comment-447 "Edgy" is one of those words that has been rendered virtually meaningless by the entertainment and advertising industries (and a number of art majors as well). I personally think that "edgy" can now be described as meaning "crossing some boundary of good taste". Wil Wheaton, in trying out for acting parts and failing because he didn't seem "edgy", observed that it means all sorts of things, but it generally seems to mean "unwashed". “Edgy” is one of those words that has been rendered virtually meaningless by the entertainment and advertising industries (and a number of art majors as well).

I personally think that “edgy” can now be described as meaning “crossing some boundary of good taste”. Wil Wheaton, in trying out for acting parts and failing because he didn’t seem “edgy”, observed that it means all sorts of things, but it generally seems to mean “unwashed”.

]]> By: Julia http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/07/10/indias-edgy-playstation-2-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Julia Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:44:33 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2007/07/10/indias-edgy-playstation-2-ads/#comment-446 Note to Sony: "edgy" != "sexist" Note to Sony: “edgy” != “sexist”

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