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Online Advertising Creativity: Use of Gaming: Mondo Studios; The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, "Route-Rageous!"

Mondo Studios
The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, "Route-Rageous!"

USE OF GAMING

Online Advertising Creativity: Use of Gaming: Mondo Studios

While its name is semi-idiotic (Route-Rageous!), the game itself - built by Mondo Studios - is a brilliantly engaging driving-themed brainteaser that was popular enough to warrant its own iPhone and Facebook game. The Progressive brand stays smartly on the sidelines, until you bend your fender, and a "Progressive Concierge Claims Service" comes to the rescue. The game, on Yahoo and MSN, attracted over a million players, with typical time per player of six to 10 minutes of brand exposure, and the game's catchy tune whistling in users' heads.

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