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FedEx Super Box V

September 22nd, 2005 by Brian Robbins

FedEx Super Box V is the latest iteration of this popular FedEx Canada simple advergame promotion. This time around you get to play as the offense with a choice of 3 different plays to get into the end zone.
You can play once for free, but all future games will require a FedEx tracking number. Over [...]

Stewie Live

September 21st, 2005 by Brian Robbins

Stewie Live just launched this past weekend. It’s an advertainment promotional site for the Family Guy DVD (and in turn the TV show). We had a lot of fun developing this and we expect the Family Guy audience is going to love it.
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Be sure to ask him about the babysitter

Agencies and Blogs

August 29th, 2005 by Sean MacPhedran

Joe Jaffe, along with AdRants and some other sites, have been talking about whether agencies should have blogs. We don’t really call ourselves an agency, but we’ve been known to roll wit’ da agency homies, so here’s our thinking on this topic.
1) Our employees are smart enough to say intelligent things that people might [...]

High on a Big Moo

August 29th, 2005 by Sean MacPhedran

Some folks use drugs to get high - I prefer shooting ideas, and boy-o-boy did I get a buzz on after reading The Big Moo. While the whole book was great - 2-6 page minichapters that each provide a fast-acting hit of insight and ispiration - the one that sticks out for me is the [...]

Free Cow Books Inside!

August 19th, 2005 by Sean MacPhedran

If you haven’t read Purple Cow, run out and buy it. It’ll give you a new perspective on marketing. Even if you’re just a cow aficionado and have no interest in marketing, you should buy it for the cow picture. Seth Godin, the author, is about to recreate the magic with a bunch of my [...]

When poor product placement attacks

August 2nd, 2005 by Brian Robbins

One of the worst things any marketer can do is make a product placement so obvious, it actually turns off the viewer towards the product. An example of this kind of over the top placement was on the 4400 last night. Apparently after the funeral of one of their war buddies, the group of guys [...]

The future is engaging

July 23rd, 2005 by Brian Robbins

One of the great things about advergames, over almost all other methods of advertising, is the amount of immersion and engagement they achieve with the audience. In a successfuly advergame, players will end up spending as much as 45 minutes or more per session interacting with a brand. This kind of positive interaction is one [...]

Get Phat in the Experience Economy

July 4th, 2005 by Sean MacPhedran

I noticed that AdRants picked this up right after I read the AdAge article today. At first glance - this has nothing to do with advergaming, but bear with me for a second and it’ll make sense.
McDonald’s is looking to overhaul their employee uniforms with the help of the world’s top urban designers. Think [...]

A Cannes Lion for Racism! Who knew!

July 4th, 2005 by Sean MacPhedran

While this isn’t a game, it’s definately viral, and since it took one of the top prizes for Cannes Interactive, it deserves to be mentioned. It’s for a Brasilian Glue. What the gentleman geniuses (or is it genii?) at DDB down south did was use the glue to stick a monitor to the wall. Then [...]

Product Placements Case Study

June 27th, 2005 by Brian Robbins

Often, when we are brainstorming different ideas for advergames, one of the big questions is how do we present the product or service? Here’s a great case study that talks about whether or not to include a product shot.
The focus on the above article is more for banner ads, and marketing in general, but I [...]

 
 
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