Comments on: Bazinga! Play now to win cool stuff and help fix the world http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-790064 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-790064 Thanks for the inspiration to donate some money where it's needed. Zikzak, I suspect that many companies would prefer not to be featured in a Bazinga. Naming their product while showing a different one isn't something on which most companies want to spend marketing dollars. Thanks for the inspiration to donate some money where it’s needed.

Zikzak, I suspect that many companies would prefer not to be featured in a Bazinga. Naming their product while showing a different one isn’t something on which most companies want to spend marketing dollars.

]]> By: zikzak http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-790604 zikzak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-790604 Really? Huh, if you say so. I guess either I'm out of touch with the ubiquity of corporate brands as a cultural reference point, or y'all are missing out on a paycheck! Really? Huh, if you say so. I guess either I’m out of touch with the ubiquity of corporate brands as a cultural reference point, or y’all are missing out on a paycheck!

]]> By: zikzak http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-789864 zikzak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-789864 It's a cool idea, and might be fun if it weren't just a vehicle for not-so-subtle product placement. Even when I got an answer right, I still felt like a sucker for voluntarily sitting through a thinly disguised advertisement. It’s a cool idea, and might be fun if it weren’t just a vehicle for not-so-subtle product placement. Even when I got an answer right, I still felt like a sucker for voluntarily sitting through a thinly disguised advertisement.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-789613 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-789613 How do I make the donation? I've done the quiz twice but... I would like to donate $$$. How do I make the donation? I’ve done the quiz twice but… I would like to donate $$$.

]]> By: Smoobly http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-793980 Smoobly Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-793980 Agreed. I can support the intent, but that video quiz pegged my stupidometer. Agreed. I can support the intent, but that video quiz pegged my stupidometer.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-790671 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-790671 Zikzak, if the mere presence of products in a pop culture quiz makes you assume (and accuse) the organizers of being corruptly paid to put them there, you need to take a vacation from yourself. Zikzak, if the mere presence of products in a pop culture quiz makes you assume (and accuse) the organizers of being corruptly paid to put them there, you need to take a vacation from yourself.

]]> By: proletariat http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-789661 proletariat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-789661 An interesting idea horribly executed. An interesting idea horribly executed.

]]> By: mwiik http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-790697 mwiik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-790697 Well, I had no idea about the example Phantom Menace / Attack of the Clones question since I didn't see the latter and didn't pay attention to the former when it came on TV. So I'll pass, thanks.... Well, I had no idea about the example Phantom Menace / Attack of the Clones question since I didn’t see the latter and didn’t pay attention to the former when it came on TV. So I’ll pass, thanks….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-789938 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-789938 Ha! I wish! None of the brands or companies featured in the quiz had anything whatsoever to do with it. We receieved absolutely no financial incentives. It is 100% pure charity through and through. Ha! I wish! None of the brands or companies featured in the quiz had anything whatsoever to do with it. We receieved absolutely no financial incentives. It is 100% pure charity through and through.

]]> By: David K. Israel http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-789948 David K. Israel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-789948 Thanks! All you have to do is make a donation to a charity or 501c3 YOU support... and tell us which one and how much. It's ALL on the honor policy. We won't ask for any private info from you. Cool? Thanks! All you have to do is make a donation to a charity or 501c3 YOU support… and tell us which one and how much. It’s ALL on the honor policy. We won’t ask for any private info from you. Cool?

]]> By: David K. Israel http://boingboing.net/2010/05/17/bazinga.html#comment-790009 David K. Israel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-790009 Thanks zikzak: Were that only the case ;-) - No one was approached by any advertisers or companies in the making of the game. We picked products/brands based on familiarity only. Thanks zikzak: Were that only the case ;-) – No one was approached by any advertisers or companies in the making of the game. We picked products/brands based on familiarity only.

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