
Everybody that lives in Amsterdam recognizes the human sized letters that spell ‘I Amsterdam’. So when the A and the M disappeared this week, people noticed that something was missing. Amsterdam Partners (AP) – the agency that exploits the city slogan – reported the letters as stolen. AP even stated they encountered the missing letters on Marktplaats (the Dutch eBay). But it was all a hoax. The letters were replaced by a (big) piece of origami. With this guerrilla action Sony tried to get attention for their new game ‘Heavy Rain’ – on sale as from yesterday. In this game there’s a character called the Origami Killer – hence the origami. The person selling the letters on Marktplaats was called Erik Gilliroam, an anagram for Origami Killer. Do they really expect gamers to buy this game after having seen such an incredibly far fetched example of bad guerrilla advertising?!


almost like jan van os being an bavaria-ad..
Rrrrrrrrriiiight……..
Sony’s game division has always been into the ‘strange’ advertising. I only think this was a quite successful since I remember seeing an article on a website or 3 already before i came here. If it makes people want to buy the game I doubt that but it is at least bringing to gamers attention that the game is now out there.
Wow I love this! Such a great idea. Love the origami shape too.