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The Go Game worked closely with Trademark Events and Medtronic to produce a fully customized game that was played on any phone at the conference. Our games are good on Blackberry, Andriod, old phones and new, so anyone could get in on the action. After completing a handful of missions, players could hop onstage and play the game show, squaring off with each other of the trivia quiz.

Did yesterday's post leave you feeling:


Perhaps this will cheer you up? Chances are if you have the time to surf through this blog here, you'll be in the upper echelons of all earners. Check it out!

I am, for the record, in the top 10% (or more - not polite to brag about one's compensation). Nice!

TAGS: SALARY
POSTED BY ANDREW ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010 2:09:05 PM
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How much do you get paid to do what you do? How much should you? We all think we should get paid a little to a lot more (er, except here at The Go Game), and many of us are probably correct. I mean, my mom told me I was special, and I was pretty sure I'd retire by this point (28 years old!).

At least one dude got a pretty fair wage last year:

(Jamarcus Russell, formerly of the Oakland Raiders)

"...here's how JaMarcus was compensated for his production with the Oakland Raiders: Roughly $100,000 per completion and $5.6 million per win."

So yeah, the guy who bought one of these (sadly out of date now):

made more completing a pass - A PASS(I'd post you a video, but they're kinda hard to find) than you did all year last year. The rest of the article
if you can stomach it.

Raiders, you seem like you need some team building. Just let us know, we'll hook you up!

TAGS: SALARY,TEAM
POSTED BY ANDREW ON TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010 11:12:21 AM
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I love you, Kayak. I really, really love you. And for that, you are my #1 travel website.

You are easy to use and basic yet still extremely powerful. You don't make my eyes bleed with CHEAP RENTAL CARS IN TUCSON! and the like. And, I must not be crazy because we all consider you a reference... and the New York Times agrees so it must be true!(?) Allow me to present a nugget of GOLD from their travel blog:

"Still, however, there are a few more little things I do to game the system as much as possible. I try to fly on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, when fares tend to be a little lower (though not always) and fewer people mob the airports (though not always). I go to SeatExpert.com to find the best spot in the plane to park myself. (Sorry, SeatGuru.com!) And I try always to buy the ticket directly through the airline, partly to maximize frequent-flier miles, partly because the airlines sometimes have special deals that don’t show up on Kayak, but also so that if things go wrong at the airport (as I’ve heard happens on very rare occasions) the airline won’t be able to blame some third-party booker."

So, so, true.

TAGS: TRAVEL,KAYAK
POSTED BY ANDREW ON MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010 3:48:48 PM
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We produce hilarity in our patent pending (that's a total lie) Go Games, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that we produce hilarity in the office as well. Several years ago, an anonymous member of our office decided our space need a remodel. There were two rooms that desperately (apparently) needed the wall between them knocked down. Anonymous made the first practice cut in the wall, took a step back, thought "actually... maybe not my best idea" and promptly went to Despair to get one of these bad boys to cover up the hole:



Hilarious.


(The hole is repaired and now the poster hangs on our fridge - where hopefully no one tries remodeling).

TAGS: OFFICE STORIES
POSTED BY ANDREW ON FRIDAY, MAY 07, 2010 4:35:13 PM
EDITED ON FRIDAY, MAY 07, 2010 4:40:41 PM
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"So, are you from here?" is probably the #2 most asked question of us Game Runners (right after "So - you just get out of jail?" [our jumpsuits are jail house orange]).

To be clear, we're from San Francisco, but in the last 7 days we've covered:
- Seattle, New Brunswick NJ,Miami, Boston, Scottsdale, Boulder, Dallas, The Bay Area

Perhaps it's not that surprising that pretty much all of our friends have asked us question #3: "Hey, have you seen Up In The Air? I think you might like it."



Presumably (hopefully)they connect us with the film for its depiction of business travel, and not for a main character living a comfortable life of distance. For the record, I very much enjoyed Up In The Air. And I think 10 Million Miles is an impressive goal. I'm pretty loyal to US Air, United, or Delta if I have a choice (free checked bags? priority check in, boarding, and security? sold) so I understand his feeling towards American/Hilton/etc. But I digress.

I'm back on the blog horse, and this week I'm writing about Travel. My top 5 websites (you didn't realize it was a list, did you) I use for travel:
#1: www.kayak.com
#2: www.priceline.com(name your own price, to be discussed later)
#3: www.flightstats.com
#4: www.wunderground.com
#5: www.seatguru.com

TAGS: THEGOGAME
POSTED BY ANDREW ON TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010 4:23:12 PM
EDITED ON TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010 4:48:56 PM
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"So, are you from here?" is probably the #2 most asked question of us Game Runners (right after "So - you just get out of jail?").

To be clear, we're from San Francisco, but in the last 7 days we've covered:
- Seattle,
New Brunswick NJ,
Miami ,
Boston,
Scottsdale,
Boulder,
Dallas,
The Bay Area



TAGS: THEGOGAME
POSTED BY ANDREW ON TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010 4:22:00 PM
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Sorry, we can't stop ourselves with the Easter puns. We know everyBUNNY is HOPing we'll stop, but we're just so EGGcited about how EGGstraordinarily fun the Big Kid London Easter Hunt was on Saturday! We're pretty EGGstatic about it.

Thanks to all the amazing folks who came down to the South Bank to chase down the Easter Bunny, eat hot cross buns off a fishing pole, show Jesus a magic trick, do an egg-and-spoon race with a very large chicken, reenact Noah's Ark through interpretive dance and so much more. We raised a ton of money for MIND, a very worthy mental health charity, and had ridiculous amounts of fun along the way.

We've picked some of our favourite photos from the game to showcase the creative brilliance of our many players. Almost 200 people showed up to partake in the holiday adventures, decked out in all types of Easter fancy dress. Here's the Very Happy Eggs in some Very Awesome Bunny Masks.



There were all kinds of HARE-brained antics with the Easter Bunny. She got a piggy-back ride from team Eggnostics...



...but got attacked by the Free Rangers...



...and got nibbled on by team Joy Division!



But she got her revenge by eating the entire team of Highland Lovers Make Better Snorers!



Los Sombreros prayed to Jesus, who was having a bit of trouble working his miracles...



...but his day vastly improved when he showed some leg to the aptly named Playboys and Bunnygirls.



The Bunnygirls also got a piece of the Chicken...



...who also butted up against the Nameless Bunnies.



We loved the fabulously facial-haired 6 Chocolateers posing for a photo with the Cardinal, who was bestowing all kinds of blessings during this holiday adventure.



A bunch of you went fishing for hot cross buns, like this brave soul from Norfolk in Chance (one of our favourite team names!)



And a group meal for team ROAR!



Here's team Tourch with the salty sea dog fisherman who was testing out his new religious fish bait and leading the hot cross buns game.



We don't know exactly what Fans of Mankini Man (another awesome team name) were getting up to in this picture, but we like it. Fire! Synchronized moves! Balls flying at your face! Brilliant.



We enjoyed this fab photo from the Nameless Bunnies who went sailing away...



and we were quite impressed with 'Cassie Doing The Knowledge' from the Shortbus Shooters...



...but blown away by the dedication of Highland Lovers Make Better Snorers. We love you too. We're going to get your team name tattooed on our foreheads...we promise.



Congrats to the winners, the Wanstead Sox!



And the runners-up, the Mini Eggs!



Lastly, a special shout-out to team Gadzooks! They may not have completed the most missions, but certainly brought some well-lubricated happiness to the Big Kid London Easter Hunt.



An EGGSTRAORDINARY THANK YOU to everyone who came out and played the Big Kid Easter Hunt! Thanks also to all our performers and the Mad Hatter on Stamford Street for hosting our adventure. Bearded Kitten and The Go Game will be back with an even bigger and better game this summer, so sign up for our newsletter to get all the info and stay tuned for all the fun to come.

How excited are we to do this all over again? THIS EXCITED.



We'll see you then!

Mei and Chris




TAGS: BEARDED KITTEN, COMMUNITY GAME, EASTER, FUN, LONDON, THE GO GAME
POSTED BY MARK ON MONDAY, APRIL 05, 2010 12:23:17 PM
EDITED ON MONDAY, APRIL 05, 2010 12:41:14 PM
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IF you're heading to SXSW, peep this!!! Sounds like fun.
Check it

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POSTED BY IAN ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 03, 2010 4:05:54 PM
EDITED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 03, 2010 4:08:36 PM
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