Maybe because it has so much trouble getting people into actual cars, Mazda is inviting users to test-drive its virtual cars on Southern California roads: Angeles Crest, Arroyo Pkwy, the Pacific Coast Highway and Decker Canyon.
It’s not Justin Timberlake’s Dick in a Box, but Dawn’s Early Knights have our more immediate interests at heart: honey-sweet lovin’, coated in chocolate romance.
Portraying KFC’s Colonel as a sadistic prison warden, this new Kentucky Fried Cruelty campaign from BooneOakley, in three videos, explores the supposed life of a chicken while under the control of KFC.
If you can’t afford LSD, mark your calendars (February 15th) for the debut of The Sound of Color.
Social media junkie Alisa Leonard has a video of Google’s Brad Fitzpatrick, guru behind LiveJournal, Memecast and OpenID, describing the company’s Social Graph API which makes it easy to determine social connections on the web.
Today, she’s headed over to Datran Media to take on the role of VP of Display Performance where she’ll run the company’s new behavioral division along with its Site Lifter.
Recent findings from Reprise Media critique this year’s Super Bowl advertisers for failing to buy online search terms related to their ads. They also neglected to leverage online social networks, where most worked so hard to build a presence.
Our enigmatic West Coast resource, who’s really good at drumming up touchy rumours about the goings-on at TBWA\CHIAT\DAY, just sent us this Oakley spot by AWOL.
It’s hardly been three days, and already the shoving match between Google and Microsoft.
Check out the activation site: http://thegoodlife.wwf.ca
Advertising Agency: zig, Canada
Creative Director: Martin Beauvais
Art Director: Craig Ferguson
Copywriter: Steven Barr
Planners: Mike Sharma & Tania Gregory
Project Manager: Sheri Hachey
Designers: Michelle Donnelly & Genevieve Beharry
Developer: Navantis
Additional Web Design: End Communications
Launched: January 2008
We were lurking through various social networks when we saw a brush flutter invitingly over the ad at left. “Ooh, will we get to play with make-up?” we thought, because you’re never too old to Crayola the crap out of a perfectly good face.
Just more contextual ad placement awkwardness, except this one gives us an unpleasant “ick” feeling.
“Duardo’s Brand,” which has a UGC feel to it (don’t tell Subway!) is Raging Artists’ attempt to (possibly) accomplish two things for its client:
1. Associate Arturo Fuente Cigars with the elite Cuban crowd through its choice of talent, Duardo Cantana
2. Put cigars back in the domestic space — into the mouths of men sitting around playing guitars, and men whose wives batter them senseless for smoking indoors
Tomorrow WhittmanHart Interactive launches American Gladiators, an online homage to the original series, to promote MGM’s new American Gladiators.
Old-school fans can find out where their favorite original Gladiators are today. It will probably be depressing.
First Bacardi told us about the mysterious travellers of Murmansk Route. Then it said the mysterious travellers of Murmansk Route have something that will change our lives.
As part of her trip to the Philippines courtesy of the Philippine Tourism Department, HappySlip is advertising news of her Meet & Greet in Manila at the Mag:net Cafe this February 7.
If the internet has taught college kids anything, it’s that panhandling is a totally stigma-free sport.
Jun Group Productions is helping CoverGirl launch an online show. It’ll be available on CoverGirl.com. This spot promises the show will divulge the secret of the hottest looks (flawless skin?) while lavishing audiences in the glamour of NYC.
There’s a huge market for people willing to part with cash for a little bit of gaming immortality. (Why this is, we’re sure we have no fucking idea.)
The girl is cute all right, but it’s more than a little jarring to see the ad pop up while we’re busy trawling shirtless co-eds in the dark of night.
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