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Dr Brady Barr in Animal Jam!

Posted on by Joi

OMG, I am SO excited about this new addition to National Geographic Animal Jam.  Dr Brady Barr from Dangerous Encounters now has a Gadget lab in Animal Jam!

It’s been live for only a couple hours and the room has been full the whole time.  Dr Brady Barr specialized in cool gadgets that help him get crazy footage of all sorts of animals.  And we are showing some good ones, including Brady getting into a Crocodile getup and tagging Crocodiles, hanging out next to a deer carcass to see wolfpacks at night and pythons and Mystery Swamp Creatures!  ACK!

I love it!  And this is just the first day. Look out for more cool stuff from this awesome-tastic Scientist/Celebrity that we are partnering with.

I find myself  shouting at the videos – get away from there Brady!!!

Woot!

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5/12 – UPDATE!  Brady’s answering the player’s animal questions!

Dr Brady Barr now has regular video answers to questions from kids in the game.  So our kids can ask a real scientist their animal puzzlers and potentially have him answer their question.  Love this kind of feedback and recognition.  How exciting!

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National Geographic Animal Jam – Open Beta!

Posted on by Joi

Hey everyone!

The reason I haven’t posted in forever is because I am hard at work on our newly launched project (albeit in open beta) National Geographic Animal Jam!

The day is finally here to live wild with National Geographic Animal Jam™. Now you and your kids can be among the first to monkey around in this virtual world of discovery and fun. Combining the chance for kids to be the animal of their choice with access to National Geographic’s limitless libraries, National Geographic Animal Jam will open your child’s eyes to a world of adventure and exploration like no other virtual world out there. Your kids will soon realize that they’re having tons of fun in the coolest jungle around!

Two years in the making, National Geographic Animal Jam represents an ongoing creative collaboration between the great minds at National Geographic and the gaming gurus at Smart Bomb Interactive. The goal of this virtual world is to provide a fun, exciting, and safe environment for kids to play online, as well as inspire them to explore and protect the natural world outside their doors.

So come prowl around inside National Geographic Animal Jam. With lush tropical kingdoms, amazing adventures, and fascinating facts in store—plus the chance to live it up as your favorite animal—mommy and daddy bears (and their cubs alike) will find a wild world worth discovering!

National Geographic Animal Jam – Jump into the Jungle Today!

We are tweaking and polishing through the summer, and as such, it is completely free to play through the open beta! When we have our Grand Opening this fall, we will offer premium subscription content, but the game will always have free to play features.

Check it out and let me know what you think!