Simulate Your Own Star Wars Sequel Debacle Dan Koelsch, December 22, 2012 Are you worried that the next Star Wars movie will be as terrible as the prequels? Well, here’s your chance to prove you know better. The Gameological Society’s Play-the-Year 2012 retrospective includes a Star Wars sequel simulator that can tell you how well your choices pan out. Get the details after the break. The Star Wars: Sequel Debacle Simulatron is a simple in-browser flash game that has you choose a writer, director, and star for a Star Wars film. Then, you move the scale to decide what percentage of action, epic sci-fi, comedy, and romance you want. This all decides the production’s cost. Finally, choose a title, and launch your film. The results show you how well you did financially and critically. See the results of my epic “A Fistful of Ewoks” below.This is a pretty fun, yet simple, way to waste some time, so I definitely recommend trying it. Let us know your results in the comments below. The game was created by Ben Johnson and Joe Kowalski. Fan Made Work Viral News online gameStar WarsStar Wars VII
Viral Marketing Is (Partly) Saving Hollywood December 26, 2012January 3, 2013This past week, Mashable posted an infographic from Allmand Law that shows how the film industry in America is able to avoid bankruptcy despite ticket sales declining. Check out the infographic after the break, along with my commentary on the components that deal with our niche. Read More
Disney & XPRIZE Assembling Young Heroes To Form Real-Life ‘Big Hero 6’ September 17, 2014Disney loves to partner up with nonprofit groups for exciting contests while tying it to marketing their tentpole films. Sure it may sound like a marketing plug, it also helps the younger audience to be inspired to do good in the field of academics, citizenship, etc. So for the upcoming… Read More
Fans Send FOX Plastic Dinosaurs To Get “Terra Nova” To Return For Second Season February 5, 2012February 9, 2012Let’s cut to the chase. The FOX television series Terra Nova, which debuted last September with a 13 episode season, is expensive to produce. Each episode costs about $500,000 more than a regular one hour drama, so the show really needed some good ratings to be brought back for a… Read More