As we head towards the Super Bowl, buzz—and speculation—continue to surround our Super Bowl ad.
This week, both the Wall Street Journal and CNN (see photo below) ran features about newcomers to the Super Bowl ad scene – and both focused in on the ad kgb will run in the big game. The suspense continues!
There has been lots of speculation on our facebook page and in the press about our ad and we can guarantee there are exciting things coming – watch this space!
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Often, our Special Agents answer questions that are so intriguing that they are inclined to do further research. So here is our Agents choice for question of the day:
Q: What was the earliest film produced to be based on a boardgame?
A: According to Guinness World Records, the earliest film based on a boardgame was the comedy whodunit “Clue” (1985), starring Tim Curry.
Know more:
The six suspects are all characters from the game: Mrs Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Mrs White (Madeline Kahn), Professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Mr Green (Michael McKean), Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull) and Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren). Three different endings were filmed, so differing endings could be shown at different theaters!
The boardgame itself was first developed as early as 1943 by Mr. Anthony Pratt and his wife, from Birmingham, England who approached Waddington’s Games Ltd in 1948 and they produced the first game of “Cluedo” in 1949. In Pratt’s original patent, there were to be 10 characters: Doctor Black, Mr. Brown, Mr. Gold, The Rev., Mr. Green, Miss Grey, Professor Plum, Miss Scarlet, Nurse White, Mrs. Silver, and Colonel Yellow.
Highlights of the original game included nine weapons: Axe, Bomb, Rope, Dagger, Pistol, Hypodermic Syringe, Poison, Poker and Shillelagh (a traditional wooden Irish weapon/walking stick).
After being on the shelves for 60 years, the beloved game got a makeover in 2008. The latest version takes place at a mansion of the rich and famous. New rooms include a spa, theater and guesthouse.
The new game brings Clue lovers new weapons. There is no more lead pipe and the Hasbro Company added a trophy, an ax and a baseball bat. Colonel Mustard is no longer in the military and is now a former football star. Miss Scarlet now has a first name too, no more identity crisis.
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Source: http://www.cluedofan.com/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93417780
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Often, our Special Agents answer questions that are so compelling that they are inclined to do further research. So here is our Agents choice for question of the day:
Q: When did people first start playing Monopoly?
A: The game was first mass produced by Charles B. Darrow in 1934 and then sold to Parker Brothers in 1935.
The scoop:
It was 1934, the height of the Depression, when Charles B. Darrow of Germantown, Pennsylvania, showed what he called the ‘MONOPOLY game’ to the executives at Parker Brothers. They rejected the game due to “52 design errors”!
With help from a friend who was a printer, Mr. Darrow sold 5,000 handmade sets of the game to a Philadelphia department store. People loved it! But as demand grew, he couldn’t keep up with all the orders and came back to talk to Parker Brothers again. The rest, as they say, is history.
Of note: Monopoly is actually a variation of an earlier game called “The Landlords Game”, produced in 1903.
The first Monopoly game contained six tokens: Top hat, thimble, shoe, battleship, cannon, and iron. Fighting over who gets the race car occurred when the car token was added in the next edition.
The world record for the longest Monopoly game ever is 1,416 hours, or 59 days of continuous play.
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Source: http://www.monopoly-history.com/index.php
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Often, our Special Agents answer questions that are so intriguing that they are inclined to do further research. So here is our Agents choice for question of the day:
Q: When was Magic: The Gathering created?
A: Magic: The Gathering was created and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast.
Magic: The Gathering is one of the world’s most popular trading card games. It is considered the first of its kind and prides itself on remaining the best and the biggest.
In the game, one takes on the role of a “planeswalker.” This is a powerful wizard who can battle other wizards for knowledge, power and glory. The decks of cards used in play contain the creatures and spells that planeswalkers can use to duke it out with others.
Magic: The Gathering combines collectible cards with a strategy game. Players collect and build unique decks of cards to gain prestige in the game. Expansion card packs are released a few times a year to keep the game exciting and fresh.
While many play “Magic” for fun, some enter tournaments and participate in highly skilled and competitive games for prize winnings.
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Source: http://www.wizards.com/Magic/TCG/Article.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/newtomagic/whatismagic
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