Knifing People on Trains Is a Great Idea, Says PlayStation Ad

Just make sure it's in Assassin's Creed

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Here's a successfully creepy spot from Deutsch LA for Assassin's Creed III on PlayStation's Vita handheld. Because when you're bored and disgruntled from your commute, what you really want to do is knife somebody! If you like playing video games. Or if you are a sociopath. Either way. The fact that people actually dress like that probably doesn't make the ad less disconcerting.

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