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Description acceptable. In 2015, Ben & Jerry’s announced their limited edition BRRR-ito by releasing a parody of this work. Valve’s only official Half-Life 2 SFM is a parody of this work. A man played by David Graham praises the creation of a “garden of pure ideology” and claims that “our enemies shall talk themselves to death” in this work set during the anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. Anya Major stars in this work, which was the subject of an (*) Epic Games parody created in response to Fortnite being removed from the App Store. (10[1])Ridley Scott directed this ad, which features a figure symbolizing IBM yelling “we shall prevail!” before the destruction of a screen. A runner throws a hammer at a Big Brother-like character in, for 10 points, what ad for the Macintosh inspired by a George Orwell novel? ■END■

ANSWER: Apple’s “1984” ad [accept any descriptions of an Apple ad that reference “1984”; accept descriptions of an Apple ad that mention “Big Brother” before mention; prompt on descriptions that mention a Macintosh ad or an Apple ad that don’t mention 1984]
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TournamentEditionExact Match?TUHConv. %Power %Neg %Average Buzz
2024 HONK! @ Carleton2024-10-20Y1100%0%0%93.00
2024 HONK! @ Syracuse2024-12-07Y1100%0%0%89.00