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Intergalactic Bounty Hunters Wanted
myukew wrote in to let us know about a viral marketing campaign by Nintendo that went awry. A while back Nintendo posted an opening on the jobs board Monster.com for an "Intergalactic Bounty Hunter". The response they received was unnerving. From the article: "Within the first day of posting the job, we had several replies from real applicants who seriously wanted to be an intergalactic bounty hunter for a living. The skills and experience these people listed went beyond surprising into the realm of frightening. We never expected such a wide array of replies from so many people who were actually pursuing interviews for gainful employment as a space warrior."
Methinks they don't understand that some folks might also have a sense of humor and reply accordingly. I doubt that anyone with an IQ low enough to think this is real would know how to turn on their PC.
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They talk about all the oh-so-frightening skills that people presented, but they don't list one. Are they blind to the fact that at least some of these "real applicants" were probably just playing pranks of their own?
But I really want to know what these scary skills were. I want to hear the stories of various dark-alley applicants who use a garrote like I use a pencil.
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
It's as though Nintendo has revealed the fact that they uncovered huge secrets but they can't tell us what they are. This has to be the most fustrating story I've seen in years. They need to show us ALL of the responses or just stfu.
The government which is strong enough to protect you from everything is strong enough to take everything from you.
Do you mean Lrr, the ruler of Omicron Persei 8?
Who was surprised? We have a culture that's bred a half dozen Star Wars movies, hundreds of spinoffs, billions of dollars of revenue, spanning multiple decades and generations... and people are surprised some individuals take it a little seriously? Come on, be realistic. *Hides his fanboy collections*
myukew wrote in to let us know about a viral marketing campaign by Nintendo that went awry.
So, I wonder what was actually the viral marketing campaign: posting a job on Monster.com where 90 people read it and then replied, or a bunch of games news sites like games.slashdot and gamesdaily rehashing a statement by a PR read by hundreds of gamers if not thousands?
Or, more eloquently: "Who's the more foolish...the fool or the fool who follows him?"
Seems like you'd be violating some kind of monster.com EULA by posting a fake job as a cheap advertisement ruse. I'd go and check it out myself, but if I log into that site I will undoubtedly find a number of jobs paying better than this one and end up leaving work early...
I doubt that Monster cares as long as they get paid. Of the jobs I've applied for, none were actually hiring at the time, and/or were headhunters looking for names to add to their list. Out of all the emails from potential "employers" I've received in the last siz months, there were 2 actual job offers, about a dozen "offers" from people who wrote 1 line fragmented sentences with atrocious grammar asking for detailed personal information, tons of work-from-home spam, and employment agencies promising nothing at all.
Bad joke, I admit it. Still, I have a hard time believing that US military technology is 20 years ahead of civilian technology. I certainly don't believe they have alien technology they are slowly filtering into the general popluation... Some people have been watching too much bad Sci-Fi.