Plants vs Zombies invading New York City

For fans of Plants vs Zombies who live in NYC, listen up as this Halloween the Village Halloween Parade is going to be a lot more interesting! Popcap games is going to be an official sponsor of the parade this year, and not content with just their name posted everywhere, they’re planning on organizing a PvZ troupe to march in the parade and are calling out to all PvZ fans to come dressed as their favorite zombie or plant – and join in as the PvZ part of the parade goes by. They are also reaching out to various groups in the NY area, such as the NYC zombie crawl and ZombieCon in order to make this the largest gathering of zombies (and plants) in history (at least until the zombie apocalypse that is!). “Plants vs. Zombies seems to inspire people to new heights of zaniness, and we have the

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Win the “Live Like a Mad Man” Sweepstakes

Man Men was a huge winner the other night at the Emmy’s. To celebrate, Hilton Hotels has announced a related sweepstakes, Live like a Mad Man. The sweepstakes gives fans a chance to win 4 day/3 night package getaway to New York City. To enter members have to book online at www.hiltonfamily.com/madmen and stay at any participating hotel through November 15, 2009. The winner will be selected on December 7, 2009. The prizes include four days and three nights at The Waldorf in New York City, two round trip airline tickets, one Mad Men wardrobe item, an autographed script, and a DVD collection of Seasons One and Two. The winner will also be styled by a show stylist, so you’ll look the part too. “Mad Men has captured the fascination of television viewers everywhere and rekindled a certain romanticism with New York and the 1960s,” said Jeff Diskin, senior vice

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Nat Nelson: Vaudevillian Extraordinaire

This is a book that I was excited to read as it has an interesting plot line as well as being conceived and published as a result of NaNoWriMo! The story of the conception through publication of The Meteoric Rise and Fall of Nat Nelson: Vaudevillian Extraordinaire is an extraordinary tale in and of itself, and nobody better to explain it than the author, Heatherlyn Egan: In August ’09, my Dad took me out for sushi when I was in Pittsburgh visiting. After 2 24oz. beers each and a decanter of sake, he told me that I have a great uncle Nat who was in Vaudeville, but he got hurt and had to stop dancing, but kept doing other things. At that time, I thought it was an interesting story, but didn’t give it much more thought. Then in Rochester, New York in October, I was chatting with Danny, the

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Barbie gets her own “The Barbie” dance

Barbie has her first music and dance video and now you can “Do ‘The Barbie’”! The music video was created to celebrate the launch of the new Barbie Fashionistas dolls. The dolls feature 12 points of movement and can do more than 100 poses. To show off the new moves, Barbie teamed up with famed choreographer JaQuel Knight who was the talent behind Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”. “It was really fun to work with Barbie and create a dance for her. Barbie is the biggest icon in life and I am so excited to have worked with her on her first music video,” said choreographer, JaQuel Knight. “I have had the privilege of working with celebs like Beyonce and Britney Spears, and I am thrilled to add another B to the roster!” The music video was shot in New York in July and stars three Barbie Fashionistas dolls – “Sassy”, “Cutie”,

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Flower Power: Toyota’s Prius’ launch campaign.

How to you promote your brand new eco-friendly car? Well my combining three of our favoritate things:  Wifi, Eco-friendly solar Power and free electioneer for your gadgets! Toyota is placing 18 foot tall solar flowers in a few major cities around the US in order to promote the 2010 Prius.  What Toyota is trying to promote is the Prius theme of  “Harmony between Man, Nature, and Machine.”  by putting up a eco-friendly way to juice up your gadgets. The daisy shaped flowers  stand 18 feet tall, and provide seating for up to ten people and by featuring laptop and cell phone recharging stations and access to free wireless internet service. For those who wish to try this out, Toyota has launched this campegin in Boston’s Prudential Plaza with sites to follow in New York, followed by Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. I mean how can you go wrong?

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Kids have fun at Nintendo Starfy launch

Nintendo held a Starfy launch event at Nintendo World in New York earlier today. Kids of all ages showed up and had a blast getting to know the Legendary Starfy. Emilie M and her daughter Starrlene had fun playing the game as moms and daughters tried out the new title. Kids also got to meet Starfy at the Nintendo World store. Nintendo has one more event coming up in New York for Wii Sports Resort.

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Nintendo hosting two big events in NY

Nintendo is gearing up for two fun events in New York. First up is this Saturday, July 11 at their Nintendo World Store. Nintendo is celebrating the launch of The Legendary Starfy in the United States. Starfy himself will be available for pictures with fans and people can win Starfy prizes. On Thursday, July 23, Nintendo will be at Military Island/Times Square for their Wii Sports Resort launch event. Military Island will turn into an urban island getaway where visitors can take a mini “vacation” courtesy of Nintendo. It will be like you are in California on the beach. The event is from 9am – 3pm. Here is the address for Military Island: Military Island/Times Square 7th Avenue and Broadway Between 43rd and 44th Streets, Manhattan, NY 10036 All the fun happens in New York!

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