From a press release today …..
“Megabus.com, the UK’s largest low-cost inner city coach service, has appointed viral and digital marketing agency TAMBA to create its first multiplayer viral game; promoting popular routes across the country.”
I just hate phrases like ‘viral marketing’!!!! Anyway, the press release goes on ….
“The game, Mega Ride, which is the first multiplayer game produced by TAMBA, challenges players to play against the computer or against friends by creating a room where others can join a motorway bus race. Choosing between two popular routes – Glasgow to London or Leeds to Portsmouth – Mega Ride encourages players to collect passengers at regular bus stops, avoiding road obstacles and picking up Megabus tickets along the way. At the end of each game scores can be entered on to a leaderboard, and players achieve a driver status based on their accuracy.”
Here it is.
P.S. If you can find a way of disabling the bloody music I’d be eternally gratefull. I know I can turn my speakers down but I then forget to restore them to the usual setting.
Jeff, I can’t understand this :-( Essy’s machine also running Firfox displays the speaker symbol. Here’s a grab of my screen which doesn’t show the speaker symbol. Anyone got any idea what’s going on?
I use firefox and it’s there on mine
Re: Turning off the music.
I couldn’t find a speaker to mute the music as suggested but had the thought to change browsers. Internet Explorer, it’s there! Chrome, it’s there! Opera, it’s there! Firefox ……. and it’s not there :-( So, my default browser cuts off the bottom grey band containing the speaker. I wonder why?
It went well, I only missed the stop at Rugby, and who cares about that anyway!!
@ Cogi, what are you trying to imply about Winchester drivers and by which fair land do you transport the masses?
I can’t help feel I have stumbled upon some unknown secret group where you speak in tongues as demonstrated by ‘you know…one of Knighters lot!’
I don’t do computer games, but careering up the motorway running things over is actually quite fun . . .
Look here anon, you really CAN’T expect that to get through…it’d be unfair to expect it…this is a WINCHESTER driver…you know…one of Knighters lot!
Bottom left hand corner of the screen is a speaker, click on this and the volume is muted.