Sonic Running Like An Idiot
Zac Gorman had a vision: one of Sonic running like he’s a friggin moron. Nedroid then incited the masses to contribute their own. And thusly, an Internet Meme is birthed all sprawling and arms flailing about, unable to control its legs, into the world. Check the above images for artist credit and below for links to their tumblrs:
1.) Zac Gorman
2.) Nedroid
3.) Pasquale d’Silva
4.) tysonhesse
5.) Jess Fink
6.) omocat
7.) Mike Holmes
8.) Caroline Ramsey
9.) michelechoong
10.) demiurgic/beyx
(via: buzzfeed)
State of Play by Mike Deri Smith
But at the heart of the concept and the business of KidZania is corporate consumerism, re-staged for children whose parents pay for them to act the role of the mature consumer and employee. The rights to brand and help create activities at each franchise are sold off to real corporations, while KidZania’s own marketing emphasizes the arguable educational benefits of the park.
Each child receives a bank account, an ATM card, a wallet, and a check for 50 KidZos (the park’s currency). At the park’s bank, which is staffed by adult tellers, kids can withdraw or deposit money they’ve earned through completing activities — and the account remains even when they go home at the end of the day. A lot of effort goes into making the children repeat visitors of this Lilliputian city-state.
