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EA does it right

July 2, 09 //
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I’ve heard that EA Sports suffers a bit in the gaming community’s eyes for being a Leviathan. But I bet they won over a few fans with their latest effort for Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘08.

Seems like a fan had found a glitch in the video game and posted it for the world to see on YouTube – causing almost a million views and a lot of comment bitching about EA in general.

Did EA run and hide? Did they stomp their giant feet and threaten? Nope:

Yay for EA engaging on the playing field and having a good time doing it. Their video got over 3 million hits and now the chatter on the other video’s comments are about EA’s response.

A lot of brands are uncertain how to deal with social media and the free exchange of opinions. In the candy world alone – Snickers closed down snikerz.com, while Skittles turned their home page into an unregulated, real-time Twitter feed of a Skittles search.

Haven’t we figured out that the tighter you try to hold on, the more you’re gonna lose? And come on, Snickers. You’re a candy for cripes sake. Why so serious?

I would’ve bought this…

July 1, 09 //
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Corrupted-Files.com sells pre-corrupted files ($5.95, on sale for $3.95 until June 30) in a variety of formats. The target market is students who blew their assignment deadline and need an excuse.

Step 1: After purchasing a file, rename the file e.g. Mike_Final-Paper.

Step 2: Email the file to your professor along with your “here’s my assignment” email.

Step 3: It will take your professor several hours if not days to notice your file is “unfortunately” corrupted. Use the time this website just bought you wisely and finish that paper!!!

Note: The only difference between each Word file is its file size, because it will look a bit odd if your 10 page term paper is only 1k in size! Yes, we thought of everything! We guarantee and stand by our product!

via Boing Boing

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