Seattlest: Messenger Cafe: Serving 1998's Leftovers Today

kasa

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:51:45 -0800

I don't think this is aimed at young people at all, but at the middle-aged. These graphics look strikingly similar to the crap peddled to my mom's generation in the form of the Hoyle game packs, etc. And I get the feeling it may be successful with that demographic.

Katelyn

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:11:00 -0800

My ELEVEN year old sister would groan at this. What's truly frightening to me though is the scary wax face on the "girl" at the "computer monitor." (The girl looks like an alien and the monitor looks like a microfiche viewer from the womb of the public library...) If your artists can't draw, better to just use text.

TroyJMorris

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:06:51 -0800

As I am in marketing, I understand how difficult it is to make things look "hip" and "cool" when they're not hip nor cool. I've come to the conclusion to not try. It's way easier to be like "Hey, you can chat to people and play tic-tac-toe."

Michael van Baker

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:05:23 -0800

@2: Sure, when you spell it out like that, it seems so obvious anyone could have thought of it!

guest

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:29 -0800

I totally agree with PicturePan2: I think silverlight should also not sufficient to achieve universal. Universal should achieved Flex sufficient, Silverlight monopoly encourage, I think.

Clint

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:00:33 -0800

I'm glad you addressed this--what a hideous, silly, pointless campaign. Messenger is used for its immediacy, its instant connection to others. Why would anyone accustomed to such speed want to waste time having "fun" instead of just using Messenger itself? Strange.