Maybe I'm just too old for this kind of thing, but this Viva Pinata animated series so far makes me want to pick up the internet and smash it on the ground. Spoofing a casting call for the show—sorry, no casting couch, furry fans—the seven minute promo introduces you to the featured pinatas on the show, as well as the creepy psychology of being disemboweled by children with baseball bats and a dash of self-cannibalism. It's an unsettling commercial within a commercial.

The Rare-developed Xbox 360 game ships this fall, alongside the marketing blitz which will feature not only the show, but surely tons of plush and plastic trinkets in the shape of your favorite anthropomorphic pinatas. Parents, I feel your pain.

Keep your big googly Rare-style eyes peeled for more. Michael McWhertor

Viva Pinata TV Series (thanks, Packratshow!)

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