Featured App: Training Grounds from “Contraband” Dan Koelsch, January 15, 2012 The new action flick Contraband hijacked the box office this weekend, and if you saw it and wanted to get more into the action, you’re in luck. Universal Pictures created a Facebook App to do just that. More after the jump. The app is called Training Grounds, and it is similar to a lot of Facebook games that don’t make/let you do much. You join a team of smugglers (along with up to three Facebook friends) and make a few decisions, which the game uses to decide an outcome that plays out on video. The goal is to make as much money as you can without getting caught. Try the game for yourself and let us know what you think in the comments below.Contraband is in theaters now. Follow the film on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Apps Social Networks AppContrabandFacebook
“Prometheus” Viral Site Updates; Investors Can Now Register March 5, 2012March 21, 2012Last week, the web was buzzing about a viral video released by TED that appeared to be the beginning of a viral campaign for Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel, Prometheus. A website was also launched, Weyland Industries, that said anyone interested in becoming an investor would have the opportunity to do… Read More
DC Comics Wastes Opportunity With Nokia-Exclusive “The Dark Knight Rises” Motion Comic August 20, 2012August 20, 2012When it was announced late last year that The Dark Knight Rises would take place eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, I wrote about how such news lent itself to tremendous viral marketing and hype-generating opportunities, primarily in the form of prequel comics that could tell stories… Read More
Everyone Goes Too Far In “Inside” Episode 6 August 3, 2011These recent episodes of The Inside Experience have been coming fast, and now we have Episode 6. This morning Christina woke up to find that her captor had recorded her (fortunately clothed) shower and put it on the Internet. Watch her extreme and unfortunate reaction after the break. Read More