Subaru Impreza Shakedown is an advergame and contest promoting the Subaru Impreza. The main gameplay consists of you driving one of various Impreza models around the course for the best time. The best times will win prizes at the end of the promotion.
What I liked: The overall site design and site philosophy seems to try [...]

Fresh on the heels of a retro TV commercial, spoofing the $10,000 Pyramid is the Comcastic
website and embedded advergames.
With a 70’s look and feel the broadband site is promoting Comcast’s cable services through activities and games.
What I liked: The games on this site are well done, and match the overall promotion. Each game is very [...]

Land of the Dead - Loot and Shoot is an advergame promoting the Land of the Dead movie (and impending DVD release). The game puts the player in a typical FPS shooter, as they try to clear the levels of all the zombies.
What I liked: This seems to be a very well done game. The [...]

Niagara Motel - The Game is an advergame promoting the upcoming Niagara Motel movie. The game arms the player with a stapler and instructs you to staple the $#!% out of Kevin Pollack.
What I liked: The integration of voice overs and scenes from the movie gives players a good idea of what to expect from [...]

The Milwaukee’s Best Light website has a set of 4 advergames. The games are all very much guy targeted. In one you have to spy on your friend’s hot sister’s chest without getting caught, while in another you have to try to avoid crying in a movie with your friends.
What I liked: This site knows [...]

Sammy the Salmon is a new advergame promoting CheapSmells.com. The gameplay is a typical “button masher” in which the player needs to press the right arrow key as quickly as possible to build up speed, and press the space bar to jump out of the water and grab the perfume.
What I liked: The game is [...]

CornHole is a game on the NabiscoWorld website, promoting Ritz Chips.
The gameplay is a bean bag toss where the player needs to throw bean bags onto a Ritz branded box within a parking lot.
What I liked: They have done a good job recreating a bean bag toss game. The physics seem realistic enough, and it [...]

Mini Bet on Soldier is an advergame promoting the game Bet on Soldier.
Game play is simple and consists of you using the mouse to aim your weapon and kill the enemy. You can use 1-4 to change weapons, and the spacebar to zoom. You have to spend money for every shot fired and you earn [...]

Race to the Lights is an advergame promoting McDonald’s 24 hour drive thru windows.
The player must first choose their car/music type and then drive around several successive courses as quickly and accurately as they can.
What I liked: The gameplay itself is very simple and straightforward. There’s no need to read or even look at the [...]

The Cave is an Advergame from Sony Pictures promoting the upcoming movie of the same name.
Your role is to explore The Cave, assemble your climbing gear, fight the monster and presumably escape.
What I liked: The game is very well done, and plays relatively seamlessly.
The point of view for the game does a good job of [...]