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You'll wish it had stayed dead
by Ian Bogost August 4, 2008
categories: Advergames

To promote Universal Pictures' new film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, the studio created an advergame, Chariot Chase Down Game. Go ahead and play it. It's almost as good as the film, which garnered an impressive 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Comments (2)

Wow... I was subjected to the preview for this movie so many times (for various reasons out of my control) and ... well... yeah. I wish it had stayed dead. However, as far as I can tell this is a different Asian mummy this time!

When the second level started I laughed out loud.

miketreanor on August 4, 2008 4:07 AM

I did not find the game, itｴs a pity. I havenｴt seen the movie but it seems really good, I like Jet lit and the argument is really good too.

Win on August 4, 2008 7:15 PM

 


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