"When life happens," runs the copy for Armored Core 6's new ad, "Mechless Mutual Insurance covers everything* to give you peace of mind." The asterisk will turn out to be quite important. In scenes no Armored Core fan ever thought they'd see, the new game is being marketed with a skit starring Rainn Wilson, the American actor best-known for his role as Dwight Schrute in the Office.
It's that role being channelled here, as Wilson plays a harassed insurance clerk at Mechless Mutual, whose job mainly involves telling the owners of mechs that no, they don't cover that. As the queries and footage keep on coming in, so does Wilson's facade begin to crack, until he's weeping on the floor and praying for a good old-fashioned fender bender: something, anything, that doesn't involve mechs.
