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Intergalactic Bounty Hunters Wanted

Posted by Zonk on from the where-do-I-sign-up? dept.

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."

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  1. Weak by b00m3rang · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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?

  2. Re:Humor by mrseigen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honestly, nothing humanity does on the Internet surprises me.

  3. Well, it worked. by superultra · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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?"