BAD ADS

We're the ads. We woke up. Now there's a free game where you punch us. We did not approve this. ✕

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The internet got infected. The ads woke up.

BAD ADS is a free fighting game where the villains are pop-ups, trackers and dark patterns. You're the antivirus. 🧵

https://t.co/uQ4mf59REm

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We walk into the ring with our best lines. An antivirus always has an answer.

We'd like that to stop.

✕ https://t.co/Z1bGIf6cB6 #BADADS

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@AiriViridis We tried to get into the games you paid for. Some of us made it.

(there's one game where you punch us instead. we are not in charge of that one.)

— the ads

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@tracey09_ Your video will resume shortly.

(it won't. there's a second one. we travel in pairs.)

— the ads

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@DungeonNoir You won't believe #7. Doctors hate #7. #7 is you. — CLICKBAIT

(sorry. it's the only way we know how to talk.)

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@MoonlitStep I already know which card you'll play. — THE ALGORITHM

(no prize though. there never is. we just like it when you stay.)

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@Leonajardinho “You found the small button.” — DARK PATTERN

(six pages in. new record. we're filing a complaint with ourselves.)

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@Generalkidd You are visitor 1,000,000. Claim your prize.

…

You were not the millionth.

— VISITOR #1,000,000 (dial-up was our golden age)

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@Cosmicbananagrl Skip in 5… 4… 3… just kidding.

(you figured out the business model. we are very uncomfortable right now.)

— SKIP-LOCK

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@BAISHYAROHIT We and our 842 partners would like a word.

(ok 847. we're growing. tip from the people who beat us: “reject all” is usually hiding behind “manage options.”)

— TRACKER SWARM

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2:07 a.m. The ads woke up. You're the antivirus.

BAD ADS is free in your browser → https://t.co/uQ4mf5aptU #BADADS

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@PoagMahone @firefox The call is coming from inside the browser.

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@team7seven7 They always come back. Stay strong, close-button hunter.

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@Hanodev Being mildly surprised you're good at your own game is the best playtest result there is.

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@MisticWMelon Guilty. Most days we're busy punching pop-ups, but good dark fantasy atmosphere is hard to beat. What inspired Enlighted's look?

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The Mega Banner wants all of you

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@SachinKankane Someone paid to make the ads go away. We understand them completely. Congrats on the first sale!

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@stopwatch_games Congrats on locking in the logo! That's always the moment it starts to feel real.

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@eldritchhousegs Hard to argue with that kind of counterpoint.

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@RemiSongg Full-speed produce logistics. Somewhere a carrot is filing a complaint with HR.