May29
Evidently ALL 500 of the Fortune 500 Companies are represented on Linkden?
Wow!
Here’s a link to a great article on SiteProNews about why using Linkden is a good idea.
And since it’s a good idea here’s a link to our Linden profiles….
Doug Davenport Jr.
Jason Davenport
May23


We proud to announce that Going Interactive has won a Gold Communicator Award for our UPS Paperless Adventure viral flash game.
GI also received a Silver Communicator Award for RubiksRevolution.com
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for Communications Professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards received over 8,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.
The Communicator Awards provides winners and their clients the recognition they deserve and gives communications and creative professionals proof and validation that their work is outstanding and highly regarded by their peers. The Communicator Awards provides an equal chance of winning to all entrants regardless of company or agency size and project budget.
May14
According to an article on theweekly.com Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has signed into law the “2008 Entertainment Industry Investment Act” which is designed to encourage entertainment productions in GA.
The 20% tax credit for qualified productions are also eligible for an additional 10% credit if they include and animated Georgia promotional logo in the finished projects.
AND this also applies to video game productions.
(not just movies, etc produced in GA)
Here’s a link to the article on theweekly.com
and one on joystiq.com
May12
Today Google announced it is releasing a preview version of it’s new “Google Friend Connect”. This service is geared towards helping website owners grow traffic by any site on the web to easily provide social features for its visitors.
Their press releases says “any website owner can add a snippet of code to his or her site and get social features up and running immediately without programming — picking and choosing from built-in functionality like user registration, invitations, members gallery, message posting, and reviews, as well as third-party applications built by the OpenSocial developer community.”
To read the full announcement click here.
May9

Some GI Team Members like to enjoy lunch together in the parking lot across from us on a nice spring afternoon. Here we see two of them with one of the original guys from Night Ranger (we think).
May9

Going Interactive recently produced an interactive and entertaining Flash based game for the Apartment Guide called “The Power of 2″.
The game is part of an overall trade show marketing campaign used by PRIMEDIA and Apartment Guide in their booths this year.
Users play at kisok stands and have 2 minutes to match a series of pop icon pairs to win a prize.
If you’re interested in how to better enhance your marketing efforts with interactive company and campaign branded games contact Going Interactive today.