This Week In Viral: Week of 6/8/09 Dan Koelsch, June 15, 2009June 15, 2009 This was a good week for viral, especially for District 9, which saw more posters, an official website (finally), and now more footage. Matt will have a full breakdown of the footage screened in front of Pelham 123 in some theaters tomorrow. The clips showed more of the aliens (including full body and action shots) and gave a bit more info on Mult-National United.This Week In Viral covers viral news from the week that for whatever reason didn’t make it into it’s own post. TotalFilm has a review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and apparently there’s a Cloverfield poster in Sam’s room. Pretty cool.Speaking of Transformers, TheRealEffingDeal is pumping out daily posts now, so check out the site for some interesting theories and observations, including this savory video:Also, GiantEffingRobots finally posted for the first time in month, and it was actually three posts in one day. They have their own tasty vid:In more District 9 news, MNU continues to urge tweeters to report alien sightings.I don’t think I mentioned this before, but the Surrogates viral site now has an entry page which lets you view and download the trailer, once again breaking what I’m going to start calling the “Viral 4th Wall”.We finally got a picture from the Michael Moore theater stunt:Tobias Richter, Trekkie and CG artist, created this awesome animation for FedCon 2009, showing a meeting between the USS Kelvin and the USS Enterprise. You may know Richter from his pre-release CGI renderings of the new film’s Enterprise.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 District 9Michael MooreStar TrekSurrogatesTransformers
Cracked’s List Shows How A Viral Can Backfire June 18, 2010When it comes to alternate reality games, the more believable and interactive, the better. It’s wonderful experience we love, except for when it backfires.I’m not talking about when its structured sloppy, I mean when it is far too real for its own good. Cracked made a list that covers such… Read More
Halo Reach Uses New Interface, 4 More Live-Action Commercials To Come August 21, 2010August 22, 2010Bungie is not new viral marketing for the Halo series. Both Halo 3 and ODST had interactive games, but this new viral campaign takes us to a whole new level. Find out how you, your facebook, and a robot arm will make a “Light Sculpture” after the jump. Read More
Openings: Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 3/4 and The Green Dragon Inn from Lord of the Rings December 29, 2012Two of England’s biggest literary and film series have breached into the real world with functioning businesses straight from their respective magical worlds. After the break, learn about the Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 3/4 and The Green Dragon Inn from The Lord of the Rings. Read More
The second TF video the robot in their looks like Jazz for some reason, it’ll proberly be sideswipe my guess is. The Star Trek video is cool also