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November 11, 2005

We (HEART) Jamie (4-EVAH)

Well, the Jamie Kane experiment/experience is going swimmingly.

We're all having a wonderful time getting in touch with our inner teen girl selves. (As the Wikipedia perkily quips, Jamie Kane is "aimed primarily at girls aged 14 years to 18 years.") It's an interesting phenomenon -- previous ARGs like Majestic (about a government conspiracy), I Love Bees (hyping the Halo 2 game for X-Box), and The Beast (Steven Spielberg's A.I. film) were clearly not targeted to teen girls.

This one is, though, and it's because boys don't listen to boy-band music, or somesuch nonsense. (Recent empirical evidence suggests that this is indeed a spurious argument. I recently learned, for instance, how very much the men in my classes know about the many differences between N*Sync, Backstreet Boys, and 98 Degrees. Take that, Wikipedia!)

On the other hand, it does strike me as a little odd that the men on the Jamie Kane fan board all profess to be straight...

In any case, because some of us are a few days behind others, I'm going to hold off posting more about the game until Tuesday. Don't want to give away any of the surprises!

Posted by reparent at November 11, 2005 8:59 AM