F Off Friday - 26 March

Ooops. Almost forgot it was Friday. No, seriously. How did this happen? Well who knows, but it's time for another link dump brought to you by your friends at The Go Game.

Shameless Self-Promotion Department: The Big Kid London Easter Egg Hunt - Lots of people signed up already...come out and play with us on April 3rd! 3 hours, £3, all for charity! More details here.

Flash Game of the Week: Infectionator World Domination - The sequel to the wildly popular Infectionator game, but this time you're competing to take over various cities with zombies instead of just racing the clock. Our high score this week: 1.9 million. In other news, we have too much time on our hands.

F Off Friday - 19 March

Yes, we've been faffing about today so there's a late Friday post. We know you've been waiting anxiously for it...F Off Friday. Let's do it!

Flash Game of the Week Loondon - The game has beautiful artwork and has a decent story. It would work a lot better in the hands of the guys from EchoBazaar, but overall it's worth a play.

From the Shameless Self Promotion Department:
The Go Game powers the BBC's Digital Planet panel at SXSW [Digital Planet]
Play The Go Game's Easter Egg Hunt for Big Kids! [Community Games]
Mei's post on her favourite radio adverts from the Radio Advertisers Hall of Fame [GG Blog]

Our Picks for the Most Brilliant and Bizarre Radio Adverts

It's time for a celebration! Why? Because it's the day after St. Patrick's Day and we are gloriously and joyfully un-hungover. The world is bright and shiny and new and full of happy furry puppies and immensely clever radio ads.

It may be a bit of a non-sequitur, but we wanted to share our best of the best radio adverts from the research we did for a training game in Newcastle last month (photos from our lovely little jaunt here). Listening to oodles of ads while designing the game got us realising how these brilliant clips can make you smile, make you laugh, make you curl your lip in distaste, make you want to stand up and cheer, and make you turn to your colleague and go OMG!!!! WTF!?!?!!!!?

They may even make you buckle your seatbelt. Hilarious, bizarre, uncomfortable, intelligent, amusing and revolting, all in these next few short clips. We highly recommend you have a listen.

To mark yesterday's day of Irish celebration, we'll kick things off with the best beer advert from, of course, Guinness.
Confession



Next up is a gem from the horrifying world of public service announcements. Chris got a morbid amount of enjoyment out of the sound effects involving small children in this one.
Death Calling



Another masterpiece from the brains behind public awareness campaigns. This is the creepiest bedtime story of all time. Screw the Big Bad Wolf and the monster under the bed, it's this radio ad that will have you losing sleep over driver side mirrors and soft-boiled eggs.
Peter Pan



Most terrifying/revolting horoscope I've ever heard. Let's just say it involves things that are unpleasant and burning. And Uranus.
Capricorn



Yes. I find this one quite amusing.
Women Drivers



And for my ultimate all-time complete and utter favourite - the incredible Diet Irn-Bru ad. Makes me want to move into a Scottish chip shop and sleep under the deep fat fryer.
Diet Irn-Bru

The Big Kid London Easter Hunt

How come the little ones get to have all the fun every Easter? We want chocolate bunnies and egg hunts too!

So we're teaming up with the fabulously inventive felines over at Bearded Kitten to produce a Go Game full of funny bunnies, outlandish eggs, hilarious social games, and highly irreverent Jesus jokes. Come join us at 2pm at the Mad Hatter in SE1 for some serious springtime shenanigans.

£3, with proceeds going to charity! Sign up and get all the details here.

F Off Friday - 12 March

Yeeehaw. It's Friday! Did you have a good week? We sure did, although the hangover from Chuck Norris' 70th birthday celebration hasn't worn off. Did you know that Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in just three moves? True story.

Let's do this.

Flash Game of the Week: Home Sheep Home - We love physics-based flash games, but there are so many out there that are done poorly. Home Sheep Home combines great physics, delightful art and sheep with names. Can't wait until there are more levels added.

Adventures on the Streets of Newcastle

One of the best parts about The Go Game is getting the opportunity to produce events in random places all over the world. Chris and I have ventured, suitcases stuffed with wedding dresses and fake moustaches and oversized trophies in each hand, from Japan to Puerto Rico to Cancun to the most exotic destination of them all: Altus, Oklahoma.

Our most recent destination: the lovely city of Newcastle upon Tyne! Our mission: drink a brewery worth of Newcastle Brown Ale wearing these sweet unofficial Newcastle-themed Nike Dunks.

F Off Friday - 5 March

Oh hi, fancy meeting you here. How was the week for the rest of you? Only a few short hours before we can all run out of our offices for the weekend. Let's hope for sunshine. For now, we'll bring some light to your dark existence with another link dump.

Flash Game of the Week: Sushi Cat. I had a tuna avocado roll earlier in the week, so this was right up my alley. Combining a gelatinous kitty with sushi and plinko? That's some Friday morning genius.