Liam Neeson Demonstrates a Particular Set of Skills in Clash of Clans Commercial

It’s business as usual in Supercell’s hit strategy game Clash of Clans. Barbarians are marauding, dragons are burning, giants are crushing.

But as this Super Bowl spot illustrates, you never know what kind of personal vendetta you’re awakening when you plunder another player’s stronghold.

Actor Liam Neeson’s “Taken” bit works beautifully for this commercial. After all, Clash of Clans is a game about taking sweet revenge against those who’ve wronged you.

(And then they take revenge against you. And so on and so on until the heat death of the universe.)

So go ahead. Enjoy your little game. That’s all it is, right? Just a game. And if you spy a player named AngryNeeson52, there’s no reason why you should throw down everything you own and run in the opposite direction. No reason at all.

Nadia Oxford

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In the early aughts, Nadia fell into writing with the grace of a brain-dead bison stumbling into a chasm. Over the years, she's written for Nerve, GamePro, 1UP.com, USGamer, Pocket Gamer, Just Labs Magazine, and many other sites and magazines of fine repute. She's currently About.com's Guide to the Nintendo 3DS at ds.about.com.