Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, mirrored on Vietnamese DVD

While browsing through the net, sometimes we stumble across these little gems which brighten up our day. Today’s for me is this Vietnamese war DVD, which completely mirrors the imagery from the hit game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Have a look for yourself below, I think you’ll agree that this is far from coincidental.


Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare



Vietnam War: Rain DVD Cover


Hats off to Jon Cook for the tip!!

Aborted Bond film titles

To celebrate the release of the next installment of the James Bond series, Quantum of Solace, the media have gone Bond crazy with some very amusing and interesting articles, competition, and campaigns. One in particular which caught my eye was featured in London's free weekly men's magazine Shortlist, and features the Bond film titles which never made it to our screens:

1. 'Longitude 78 West' - The working title for Thunderball

2. 'Bond 19' - Which later became 'The World Is Not Enough

3. 'Commander Jamaica' - Which became Dr No

4. 'Licence Revoked' - Apparently got as far as the posters being printed before being amended to Licence To Kill

5. 'The Undertaker's Wind' - Became Live and Let Die

6. 'From a View To a Kill' - The end of Octopussy declared, "Bond will return in From a View To a Kill." Technically he didn't.

7. 'Fire and Ice' - The early title for The World is Not Enough

8. 'Man's Work' - Which became For Your Eyes Only

9. 'Tomorrow Never Lies' - Alegedly a typo led to this becoming Tomorrow Never Dies

10. 'Bond 2000' - Again a working title for The World is Not Enough

Tim the Tortoise - Creature Discomforts viral game (3 of 4)

As part of an ongoing awareness campaign, starring a series of four online games featuring Aardman Animation’s hallmark plasticine creations, Leonard Cheshire Disability have released their third instalment.



Sweetshop Sweep introducing us to Tim the Tortoise, requiring the user to help Tim jump through the Sweet Shop in order to gather sweets for his children. As with the earlier instalments players are competing for the chance to win one of five fantastic prizes (a signed and framed print of the Creature Discomforts character featured in the game).



Earlier in the month I posted on Funkadelic Advertising about the other games which can be found here. The first featuring Callum the Chameleon (Creature Discomforts viral games launched as part of ongoing Leonard Cheshire Disability campaign), and the second starring Millie the Mouse (Millie the Mouse - Creature Discomforts viral game (2 of 4)). Enjoy!!

Cookalong Live with Gordon Ramsay – anyone interested?

Cookalong Live came back to our screens on Friday night, with Gordon Ramsay cooking up a storm with the nation once again. To celebrate this Channel 4 has added some additional features to their 4Food YouTube channel, using Gordon Ramsey to promote the channel to YouTube users.



As well as being able to watch the show at your leisure, YouTube users are now also invited to submit their videos of them cooking along with Gordon, to be in with a chance of appearing in the Friday night live show. Channel 4 has also maintained a fine collection of previous mouthwatering videos to occupy food lovers, or anyone who is a fan of Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.



I think this is a great way to keep the viewers engaged between shows, and is also a very user friendly way of getting everyone involved. Personally and rather annoyingly I never remember to watch on a Friday night, and even with the invention of PVR’s, still manage to forget, however this gives me no excuse to catch up, or even prepare the meal myself (and pass it off as my own… as if anyone would believe that).

X-Factor Fanalists 'Hero' tipped for number one!

Last night on the X-Factor results show, the X-Factor Finalists sung their cover of Mariah Carey's Hero for the first time. The single already tipped for number one in next week's chart was released in order to raise money for the 'Help for Heroes' charity, which provides support for wounded servicemen and women.



The performance on last night's X-Factor results show can be viewed here - 'X-Factor Finalists Hero'

On last night's show however two acts were missing, as Ruth Lorenzo and Daniel Evans were stuck backstage when a studio door malfunction left them unable to make the stage on time.

The twelve finalists which perform on the single are Austin Drage, Eoghan Quigg and Scott Bruton (for the 14 – 24 boys), Laura White, Diana Vickers and Alexandra Burke (for the 14 – 24 girls), Daniel Evans, Rachel Hylton, Ruth Lorenzo (for the over 25s), and Bad Lashes, Girlband and JLS (from the groups).

Earlier this month it was posted on Funkadelic Advertising that to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day a Memorial site, Lasting Tribute, have created an online poppy field of remembrance to raise funds and honour fallen soldiers - Online Poppy Field created by Lasting Tribute.

Routan Baby Maker 3000 invites you to make a baby, without actually making a baby!!

As part a new VW Routan campaign in the US, Volkswagen have released the Routan Baby Maker 3000, a microsite which allows you to upload a picture of yourself and your partner to see what your offspring would look like.



This is a very similar idea to the Dole Baby maker, Funkadelic posted in August 'Dole shows how to make a baby online', with the added bonus of having the created baby's eyes follow your cursor around the screen. Once the user has created their baby, they can announce the birth, send to a friend, or even make another baby.



The microsite plays on the fact that there is a 'Routan boom', with an increased need for German engineering. Actress Brooke Shields introduces the site through a tongue in cheek video which sets the scene.



This is an amusing campaign, with a lot of thought put into it. The babies created are still slightly terrifying, and the added movement element may give some people a few sleepless nights, but the message is clear, and the site is very smooth and easy to navigate.

Fonejacker Facebook Song

As part of the launch for the latest series of Fonejacker on E4, a series of videos were released around the Internet to give everyone a taster of what was to come. Two of the videos take the form of comical snipes at Facebook, and Bebo, and have since been integrated into the popular Wednesday night show.

In last night's episode, we saw the introduction of the Fonejacker Facebook Song, which has already this morning seen an increase in views on YouTube. The video below sees the Fonejacker singing a ode to Facebook, followed by a sketch of the Fonejacker posing as the head of the site writing to the viewers of the show.



Another one of the videos as mentioned above included a similar sketch targeting Bebo which can be viewed below.



Last month it was posted on Funkadelic that E4.com released a widget for the new series of Fonejacker, the widget titled 'Go Jack Yourself', allows users to upload their image and appear in one of three scenarios. To view the post click here, Go Jack Yourself – E4.com launch Fonejacker widget