Geo-locative troublemakers at SCVNGR have unleashed a zombie apocalypse on poor, unsuspecting smartphone users. What will you do to guard yourself from infection this Halloween season?
By Michael Andersen, originally posted at ARGNet
Geo-locative check-in app SCVNGR has pulled off some crazy stunts in the past few months. Modernista used the app to lead Dexter fans to a kill room set up at Comic-Con in San Diego, and the New England Patriots used it to help nose tackle Vince Wilfork recover his Super Bowl XXXIX ring.
But this time, SCVNGR has gone too far. It's unleashed zombies.
Or at least, zombie badges. Just in time for Halloween, SCVNGR has infected 10 SCVNGR players with a Zombie badge. Once infected, these hapless souls will be informed of their sad state, and are doomed to wander the streets, spreading the infection.
The transmission vector? SCVNGR's new social check-in feature, where players can earn points by bumping phones together. Normally, engaging in unprotected bumping lets players earn points, with the rewards increasing based on the size of the group. When a player bumps with a zombified SCVNGR user, all the users in the group become infected with the zombie badge.
What will you do to avoid joining the ranks of the living dead? Will you stock up on supplies at Sears' zombie-themed sale, purchase a Faraday-cage bag, or go off the grid entirely? Luckily, this is a limited engagement, so you only need to make plans to protect yourself for the next few weeks.
If for some unknown reason you actually want to become a mindless zombie, e-mail support@scvngr.com with the subject line of "BRAINSSS!!" -- the first 10 to do so will be infected.
