This Week In Viral: Terminator Viral Ends? Dan Koelsch, May 25, 2009April 30, 2010 Terminator Salvation opened this weekend, and thus another viral ends. Or does it? One of the challenges of covering viral campaigns is knowing when they really end. Usually it’s the weekend, if not the day, the movie opens in theaters. However, even if the main viral campaign ends, tidbits of it may linger for months (see: Cloverfield), usually in anticipation of the DVD release or even a sequel. Also, the websites created for these campaigns seem to last far beyond the movie’s opening, so anything’s possible. The Terminator viral fits the bill for a viral that ends but leaves enough openings for more updates in the future. The group from resistorbeterminated.com seem to think they’ve won a major battle against Skynet, but it mirrors an ominous plot-point from the film itself. Also, the Skynet webpage is stuck on the “…RECALCULATING…” message, so who knows what could happen next? However, as of the writing of this article, there have been no updates for about 4 days. So, looks like we can close the book on the Terminator Salvation Viral Campaign…for now. For more viral news from this week, check out our latest articles: Transformers 2 Viral Begins First Surrogates Trailer Hits That’s it for this week’s TWIV. As always, our staff can only cover a fraction of the news, so to keep up-to-date, go to our Official Forum. Keep searching for viral, you never know where you’ll catch it. Viral Marketing Resist or Be TerminatedSkynetSurrogatesTerminator SalvationTransformers
Tron Legacy: Updates Keep Coming, Three New Viral Sites Found! February 24, 2010December 3, 2010UPDATE: Make that four new sites found. Well, talk about a viral campaign. Tron Legacy is still coming out with new viral sites, clues, and so much more. I’ve been working with Unfiction and many others to keep all of our readers up-to-date on the latest, and I’m trying my… Read More
Viral Video: Back To The Future Reenactment January 25, 2011YouTube superstars Barely Political have teamed up with car-centric BBC television Top Gear to bring you a pretty funny video in which Mark and Todd end up re-enacting Back to the Future in their office when they’re trying to make Mark’s first car sound cool. Watch the funny (and sometimes… Read More
Muse Launch Viral Campaign for The Resistance July 19, 2009Muse, seemingly everyone’s favorite British rock band at the moment, have launched a viral campaign for one of their songs off their album, entitled ‘The Resistance’. The song, United States of Eurasia, has been divided into snippets and put onto USB ports, which in turn have been hidden in Berlin,… Read More