Chiquita Smoothie Bejeweled Effectively Tanks Our Thursday

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Few things entice us as readily as a Bejeweled knockoff. We’ve lost whole days to this game; now, on account of Chiquita, we’ve lost our whole afternoon.

This promotion for Chiquita Smoothies is a good way to not work — plus, if you can fill the blender with aligned fruit well before time’s up, you get entered (and re-entered!) into a sweepstakes to win a trip to Jamaica. (Where you can play iPhone Bejeweled, beachside, to tropical music.)

Work by matrixx, which knows the secret to a good advergame: keep it simple, incentivize gamers; tap into something they’re already obsessed with and know how to play.

UPDATE: What the hell kind of advergame doesn’t have a pause button. Are you trying to get us fired?

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