Filed under: Internet, Social Software
My Space - teams with Burnett for "Political Idol"
Reality TV guru Mark Burnett, (think Apprentice and Survivor) is teaming up with MySpace to launch a hybrid internet/TV reality series called "Independent", to find a US independent presidential candidate in early 2008. The winner will receive $1 million, however, it is not theirs to keep. They may use it to start their own campaign or donate it to a political cause. The project hopes to tap the young online community and get them involved in the political process. Clearly, this new endeavor as well as MySpace's other political forays, shows it is intent on making a big mark on the American political landscape.
So, what's the show's tagline going to be? "America has spoken" or "You're Hired"?
[via Adweek]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
