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Excellent Special Effects Or Terrifying New Sewer Creatures?

Adam Frucci — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:20:00 +0000

This video purports to be of some unknown creatures in the sewers under Cameron Village in Raleigh, North Carolina. It’s probably some early viral marketing for a movie. But! What if it isn’t? Oh god, what if it isn’t?? [io9]

I Don’t Want A Service That Transforms My Laptop Into A Jet

Sean Fallon — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:20:00 +0000

I’m not sure why anyone would buy into this crazy French online snail mail service (especially if they are stealing laptops by turning them into jets…tricky bastards), but their viral ad is interesting at least. [Laposte / Thanks Ravi!]

Samsung N310 Viral Video Is All Gumby and Looney Tunes

Sean Fallon — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:00:00 +0000

If you enjoy the squishy clay-ness of Gumby and the brutal violence of Looney Tunes, you will enjoy the latest viral video for the 10-inch N310 (or NC310) netbook from Samsung.

So what is the message being sent here? The N310 has a colorful exterior? Or is it that visitors to Samsung trade show booths are not easily freaked out by their hallucinations?

Palm’s Casting a Pre Viral Video Right Now, Hints At Pre Release Date

Jason Chen — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:20:00 +0000

If you’re a male in Seattle from the age of 24 to 34, you may have the chance to star in a Palm Pre viral ad. Update

Funny, cool and nerdy. Is that you? If so, contact your agent and ask him to get you in. Chances are you’ll get a free Pre out of it. Even if not, at least you were in a “viral” video that will probably get posted here when it launches. [Thanks tipster!]

Precentral says the part is for a guy being upset that the Pre hasn’t been released yet. It’s going to be a “protest”, and the guy won’t leave his apartment until it’s released. They’re going to be “done” on June 5, meaning that the release should logically be around that date. Most likely before?

Blackberry Bullet Take Two – The Apple Version

Nick Broughall — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:30:40 +0000

It’s cheap, short and pretty simple, but damned if I didn’t get a chuckle out of this clip in response to last month’s Blackberry bullet viral ad…
[Thanks Jen!]

The Hotelicopter Outed as a Fake

Sean Fallon — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:25:00 +0000

Admittedly, the renders of the Hotelicopter all pointed to a hoax, but the truth is that we all got swept up in a viral campaign for Yotel airport hotels. [Yotel and Boing Boing Gadgets]

LG Unveils a Series of Zany New TV Technologies

Mark Wilson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:40:00 +0000

Have you ever been watching a profanity-laden movie and wished that you could replace the curse words with a baby’s laughter? LG has.

(Not to spoil the fun, but yes, the video appears to be a viral promotion for LGenius (aka fake). We apologise if we got your hopes up for swapping out the desperate housewives with menopausal mermaids, but hey, still fun, right?)

This German Short Is So So Strange and a Bit Wonderful

Mark Wilson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:20:00 +0000

This (viral?) short isn’t particularly funny, inspiring or laden with effects. But it sort of nails the future right on the head. We’ll have OLED displays while maintaining a persistent fascination with breasts. [Thanks Matthias!]

Pomegranate Phone: Can Your iPhone Brew Coffee or Shave Your Face?

Gizmodo US Edition — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:00:00 +0000

The masterfully-faked Pomegranate Phone is a great riff on the iPhone’s it-does-everything! ads. It’s a pomegranate-based design that includes an electric shaver, coffee brewer, and a harmonica. Brilliant. But what is it actually advertising?

I couldn’t believe it when I saw it, but this beautiful site design and clever ad campaign comes from… the Nova Scotia Tourism Board?!

It’s a great viral video, and all the little touches show that somebody’s really spent some time crafting it. Part dream phone (projector with full HD?) and part whimsy (the harmonica is hilarious), this is one of the best viral campaigns I’ve ever seen. I love the pitch-perfect narrator, the slick site design, and the fruit-based mockery (Apple + Blackberry = Pomegranate?). Of course, as soon as I found out it was an ad for Nova Scotia, I stopped paying attention. [Pomegranate Phone]

Watchmen Viral Video Keeps Monday-itis At Bay

Nick Broughall — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:28:14 +0000

If you’re as excited as us by the upcoming Watchmen movie, you’ll be more than happy to watch the above viral video for the film. It probably won’t make a whole heap of sense to anyone who hasn’t read the graphic novel, but for fans like us, it’s another piece in the excitement puzzle that hits cinemas in 23 days. Not that we’re counting or anything*.*Actually, Paramount sent us a keyring counting down to the launch of Watchmen a couple of months ago, so we know exactly how long until the film opens…

[via Defamer]