MINI Usa has recently launched a new website very much focus on advertainment. It's called Hammer & Coop and it features a story which is something between David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider and Starsky & Hutch. It's all about video, with a series of webisodes starring the MINI (Coop) and an improbable hero (Hammer).
The "Forests Forever" project has been featured here many times before. Apparently this new beautiful forest photo exposition is the last part in the series. So check out Forests Forever, and take your time to slide through The Forest of Everlasting Admiration in the hidden valley of Shangri-La.
Jeep Patriot Comics site. is defined as "the first interactive collaborative creation the comic world has ever seen". Yes it does sound very American, but it also seems to be kind of true. Jeep and Marvel drafted the first pages of the story, and now it's up to the users to submit ideas and see them converted into the real story by the pencil of Bing Cansino. The interactive comic is also supported by a tips&tricks section in blog-style, a good idea to catch-up with the project.
With high-resolution images all over the globe, Google Earth has captured many sporting events actually in-progress, so today we proudly present - The Top 10 different sports you can actually see people playing on Google Earth!
Nokia has just launched on the market a multimedia car kit, and it's promoting it with a nice videoadvergame. The site is called "The Passenger", and it features a video driving game around Paris.
How much is a Bud Buck worth? Well, as it's a virtual currency, its value can change randomly and become anything ranging from $5 to $100... The Bud Bucks are the main gimmick used in the new Budweiser online campaign. Bud drinkers are encouraged to collect the unique codes they find on beer's bottles and cans and text them or submit them through the site in order to get Bud Bucks in exchange. The accumulated Bud Bucks can then be exchanged for a series of prizes and/or to buy Budweiser merchandising in the dedicated virtual store.
Another advertising ideas which "exploits" hands. It's a a promotional website developed by Indusblue for Nokia Canada. "Push to start" features three advergames which challenge your right hand to play against your left hand. The games are extremely basic, but also quite nice and difficult to play, as they are all about coordination.
Here's the Love Machine, an advergame Levi's has just launched in Turkey. The concept: just ten days before Valentine's Day, and Cupid has decided to resign and stop helping people falling in love and/or solving their problems with their partners.; ...the situation is dramatic, someone needs to help... see Love Machine.
Check out The Fame Game, the only global talent competition on the Internet, a great new video site where people can show off their talents. This might be something that could compete against YouTube, and you can win $25,000 for your video. See The Fame Game .
Today's lunatic might be tomorrow's Da Vinci... This fellow Paul Lafolley is certainly an interesting guy, with a different look at life and at art. Fascinating stuff. Just listen to his story here, and he'll even tell you that time-travel will be possible. Part 2 and Part 3 of the interview are here.
Nike has jumped on board, they improved on Dove's decent but docile Real Beauty campaign, and created their version on consumer-generated advertising called The Second Coming.
They've launched GroundhogCrossing.com on behalf of the Pennsylvania Tourism Office. The online campaign intended to generate some buzz around one of Pennsylvania's oldest and most revered holidays, Groundhog Day (Friday, February 2nd, 2007). The Groundhog's counterpart, the Shadow, has fled Punxsutawney, Missing his lifelong friend, the Groundhog makes a literal cross-country trek to recover the Shadow and return to Pennsylvania in time for Groundhog Day 2007. See GroundhogCrossing.com.
Always glad when I see online marketing applied to social campaigns. The site is called "I see I see what you don't see") and it has been developed for SIRE (Stichting Ideële Reclame - Foundation for Non-commercial Campaigns). ... "Open your eyes on violence on children" . Well done.
Another great use of Google maps. If you dig straight down, where will you end up? Only if you live in Chile or Argentina you will end up in China :)... Dig Straight Down
The Disney website is pending a relaunch, which CEO Bog Iger is calling "the single most important, companywide strategy Disney is currently implementing." will allow people to personalize pages, play games, and create mash-ups of Disney content - and, under parental control, kids chat. The website will also offer an experience like a trip to Disney World: Smart, built-in revenue streams offer pay-to-play games, e-commerce (DVDs, theme park tickets) and advertising. Check out Disney.com
Eat your heart out with these addictive little online games, easy to play but hard to master. Have hours of fun. Go on, you deserve it.
Line Rider - You know it, you love it. This is the new version, just released.
Winterbells - Jump a bunny from bell to bell.
Finger Frenzy - How fast can you type the alphabet?
Sober Santa - Steer drunk Santa away from the rails.
Throw Paper!
Cursor Thief - The short little dude wants to steal your cursor.
Mini golf - 18 holes. (Another version.)
Collapse - Kinda like Columns, if you've ever played that.
Pingu Throw - Wherein a Yeti hits a penguin with a club to see how far it will fly.
Mission in Snowdriftland. Like Super Mario Bros, but with a snowman.
DoubleJeu - Balance a ball while playing Pong.
Troyis - A chess-like puzzle game.
Domino Pressure - Knock down the dominoes to squish the tomato.
Dodge - Dodge the blocks with your mouse.
MotherLoad - I'm telling you, don't get started on this one.
The BBC's annual list of 100 things we didn't know last year. "Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts." Here are the 2005 and 2004 editions. The Tampa Tribune has a list of 50 things for 2006.
For all you car fanatics. Motor racing circuits collected together on Google Earth.
The classic Cluedo board game by Hasbro is now online as an advergame.The game looks pretty good, nicely designed and quite engaging as any classic game usually is (otherwise it wouldn't have become a classic). The added value is that players get extra bonus points if they get the clues from the real world (for example related to the Cluedo box). Who did it?
The world is better in 100 different ways this year. Here you'll find a collection of this year's most stunning innovations: from the $100 computer to the Bugatti Veyron, from the Venus Express to the Nintendo WII. Check out the overview.
In addition to my earlier post about Christmas e-cartds, I also recommend using the Big Spaceship video card generator.
Try out Glue London's AnswerBot - I don't know how it works, but the results are impressive! (maybe connected to Google images?) Just ask Santa Claus for your favourite present...
A cool community art site for young creatives to show and share their work. Its like mixing YouTube, MySpace and art school together in one site and watching the visual party reveal itself. If you know any creative young people who may be interested, have them check it out. Fruitopia - the fruits of imagination.
I’m not sure how new this is, but Google's patent search is very neat.
Great stuff!! Another Forest Forever gallery. I always (!) go here whenever another beautiful photo gallery of a beautiful forest comes out. This time it's the Amazon. "It is more than just a forest. It is a veritable sea of trees.This carpet of dark green velvet covers the earth, An overwhelming number of strands of biological chains are woven into a tapestry that depicts the cosmos: a mandala of life. Why not go and explore it with us?" - The Green Cosmos of Life
Microsoft has introduced a new dimension to online mapping with a web-based application that combines mapping, local search, virtual reality - and online advertising. Microsofts unveiled Local Live Search = Virtual Earth 3D, allowing users to soar above 15 U.S. cities and between buildings, as in Second Life, but the photorealistic landmarks are replicas of the real thing. Moreover, virtual billboards float above some buildings in what is a pilot test of the ad unit. Fox, Nissan Motor, Zip Realty are among the initial advertisers. (of course not in firefox...)
To view the Earth as currently seen from a satellite in Earth orbit, choose the satellite from the list and press the "View Earth from Satellite" button. The satellite database is updated regularly and covers hundreds of different positions and satellites.
The "I Miss Monica" song from Dan Friedman's new comedy CD: "those innocent days just before the election - ...when the president didn't have to go to war just to get an erection, ....with her cute baret and her pouting lips she made the most of her internship". Great song and video animation about those good old days when Monica Lewinsky was still the scandal of the day.
And here's another one of those great Samarost puzzle series. Follow the bird and try to find the stolen satellite [dish], recommend the instructions , but in practice this usually means a lot of clicking to try and work out the logic of each stage - fortunately, you can't do anything wrong: Haluz - Samarost
Now you never have to admit you missed the show. Just enter some text and click the 'Go' button. A picture of a concert ticket will be generated for you. Collect 'em, trade 'em, put 'em on your website, or e-mail 'em to your friends. Make 'em at Concert Ticket Generator.
Watch heads turn, watch traffic stop as they lay they eyes on your International CXT. At 3 meters high and 9 meters long, it's like a billboard on wheels that makes a statement about your brand like nothing else. See for yourself what the CXT can mean to you (and your company). Upload your logo, and design a customised truck with personalised colors and graphics.Customise a CXT monster truck now. Or experience how companies like Coca Cola have used the CXT to draw crowds.
What you can do with money is also shown by Bill Gates' house. This hideaway has been muched talked about, check out the exclusive images, and interactive tour of Bill Gates $97 million house. Much of the house is built underground into the hill, so the house looks smaller than it actually is
Another great example of beautiful photography and the immersive web. "There is a vast, silent world. The largest forest in the world is locked up in coldness, but is a hidden treasury of diverse forms of life. Mind-boggling eons of time and frigid temperatures are the constant companions of this forest." Visit the new forest at Forests-Forever.com: the Boreal Forest in the Russian Ural mountains.
Wow, this is a treasure trove of oddity. Lots of interesting facts and did you know that tidbits. This is yet another reason why I love Wikipedia.
Based on the success of its first web-only film, Meet The Lucky Ones (top 10 ad campaigns of 2004) carmaker Lincoln Mercury has launched two new films to promote two different models, the Lincoln Murcury and Lincoln Zephyr. With two separate websites showing two interlinking films. The film (lovelybysurprise.com) is a story about two brothers who live on a houseboat, but never come out. As the story develops, it turns into a thriller. Theneverything.com focuses on the brothers, who do live a strange life, eating only cereal.
To accompany the launch of its new super-perpendicular hard drive, Hitachi has released its latest cartoon. The first two were pretty funny even if they were filled with geek speak. This third one, which follows a 007 theme with a Spectre-like nemesis called E.R.R.O.R.
European high speed rail operator Eurostar has teamed with producer's of this summer's Tom Hank's film, The Da Vinci Code to create Join the Quest, a multi-lingual online treasure hunt game
The name says it... this fella drew a picture of everything, and you can spend hours clicking on different parts of it to find out what's what. (Click on various parts of the image for a larger view)
Check out the latest addition to the Forests Forever website: the Sarawak Rainforest right on the equator on the giant island of Borneo. This thick forest of overwhelming volume is filled with an unimaginable number of living things. The oldest rain forest in the world has continued to live to this day, untouched by the ice ages. Beautiful images. Beautul Flash. Beautiful immersion.
Here's a scene by scene Blues Brothers movie transcription. Including over 50 movieframes (jpg) and lots of sound files (wav).
No one's story is insignificant, not even a peanut's. Check out this beautiful flash website. An incredible 10 minute movie, lean backward and enjoy.
You and We is a random collective show of images and words challenging the notion of artist versus audience. Since July 2002, over 5000 texts and 2000 images have been submited by over 1000 contributors
Second Life is an online digital world, built, shaped, and owned by its participants. Create beautiful scripted 3D objects in a totally live online environment - from weapons to clothing lines to motorcycles. This expanding world simulated on over 100 servers (with new land added almost daily), containing hundreds of thousands of user-created objects. Buy and sell land, create a business, or exchange virtual for real currency. Second Life is yours to imagine and inhabit.
Just go online for modern fairytales like this one. Turn up your sound and explore and click every pictures, there's lots of hidden surprises everywhere. George is playing online games when suddenly.....everything in his life is completely different, nothing is as it was before... See Its a Wonderful Internet.
Cool stuff. A Story Builder in flash, with special and bizarre graphical stories. Make your own story and connect it to other stories. More than 1500 stories available already. This is a must-see! Check out THREE DROPS.
You know how long you can search for a 4 leafed clover? Well, try it online for a change...same experience..
