
Time to take a look at the idea of 'meme-ing' without the aid of the internet. To demonstrate this here are some examples of 'real life' Rick Rolling:
Here is an example of a company advertising a product by using the Rick Roll maneuver. Games corporation, EA, have been working on the game Dante's Inferno, based on Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy. They sent a select few a box as a teaser for the games release. The content of this mystery box was indeed hell for the poor soul who opened it! In my eyes it's a brilliant way to draw fans in. The effort put in to this project shows people the commitment that EA has for it's (paying) audience.
And here is some unlucky sod who got Rick Rolled in the form of a Sing-a-gram. Sing-a-gram? I think that's the correct term. Anyway, this made me think into the mediums of meme-ing and what could be accomplished from these other forms.
And here's my view on what could be done with these ideas. Enjoy.
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