News.com.au Lauches Interactive Office Christmas Party Game

News.com.au Lauches Interactive Office Christmas Party

Game Offers Australians 10 tips to survive the office Christmas party

news.com.au today announced the launch of its interactive Office Christmas Party game – http://www.news.com.au/officeparty.

 The game takes users on a virtual Christmas party journey in a ‘chose your own adventure’ style game with different endings providing users with tips applicable to their virtual experience.

news.com.au’s top 10 Christmas party tips are:

1. Go to the Christmas party, even if you don’t want to
2. Don’t use the Christmas party as a counselling session
3. Don’t make jokes involving religion, sex or people’s weight
4. Avoid the microphone if you’ve had a few
5. Don’t drink and drive
6. Don’t take home souvenirs
7. Don’t sleep with your colleagues
8. Don’t use office equipment under the influence
9. Talk to your boss, he’s not the bad guy after all
10. Don’t drink too much

Kate Perry, business editor at news.com.au said that the tips were designed to cater for Australian employees of different party circumstances.

“These tough economic times have affected Christmas party seasons with companies downscaling their celebrations and big firms opting to cancel their Christmas parties altogether.

“We’ve heard of some companies holding small team get togethers while others are holding the event on-site rather then in an external venue. We really want our tips to help Australians during this celebratory time of year.”

Ms. Perry encouraged Australians to play the game for a bit of fun during the silly season. “The news.com.au’s interactive Christmas party game is a bit of a tease and prelude for Australians before they embark on their own Christmas party adventures. “They can experience beforehand where their potential actions may lead them in a fun, light-hearted virtual reality.”

The interactive Christmas party game is part of news.com.au’s micro site launched to help users get through the Christmas party season – still employed.

Features included in the micro-site are:

• news.com.au’s interactive, ‘choose your own adventure’ office Christmas party game
• YouTube videos of disastrous Christmas party moments
•  Feature articles about Christmas parties

The game takes users through various scenarios throughout the ‘night’ testing their decision making processes as the night wears in and providing them with possible outcomes based on the decision they make.

Ms. Perry concluded: “If you were to make a fool of yourself at a Christmas party, make it be during our virtual Christmas party game!”

The micro-site will be updated weekly throughout the Christmas party season with related office Christmas party news.