avatars-related stories
Posted Aug 16th 2009 10:03AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Video, Web, Reality-Free, Mad Men

Hey, did you hear
Mad Men's third season debuts tonight at 10 on AMC? Actually, when the show is this good, I don't mind the hype.
To prepare for the third season, here are some more web goodies for you (in addition to
avatars,
sneak peeks and
recaps).
The New York Times has an article on the
cocktails of the Mad Men era, and if you want to make some of your own AMC has the
drink recipes. AMC also has a
Which Mad Man Are You? quiz. Or how about buying
some of the era's items for your house?
There are also several interviews to read before the premiere, including
Jon Hamm (
here too),
Christina Hendricks,
Elisabeth Moss, and
Vincent Kartheiser.
Oh, something from the other night, after the jump...
Continue reading One more big post about Mad Men before tonight's season premiere
Posted Jul 27th 2009 4:31PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Web, Reality-Free, Mad Men

This could be the coolest thing you see on the web today.
AMC has teamed up with
Dynamoe (who creates some very awesome
Mad Men things) for
Mad Men Yourself, where you can create your own
Mad Men-inspired avatar for your sites and your iPhone and your Facebook page or whatever. That's me on the right.
Posted Feb 5th 2007 3:02PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Games, The Office, Celebrities

The Nintendo Wii includes an editor that allows you to create your own avatar - called a "Mii" - to use while playing Wii games. As you might imagine, it took all of three seconds before people started creating celebrity Miis and uploading them to the internet. Search "mii" in flickr, and you'll find
Amy Sedaris as Jerri Blank,
Spike Lee and
Borat. Kottee hosted a celebrity Mii contest back in December, which resulted in my favorite Mii to date -
David Foster Wallace playing tennis.
It was just a matter of time before an
Office fanatic had too much time on his hands and created
Office Miis - the entire cast of the Emmy Award-winning show as Nintendo avatars. Jim, Dwight and Kevin look the best, but they're all little works of time-wasting, pop culture-inspired art. You can check them out on
Flickr.
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