Podgorny is considered one of the industry’s foremost experts in online community and children’s marketing, specifically in the under-13-year-old demographics. “Kids who love animals are going to be immersed in a fascinating virtual world of unprecedented depth, and they’ll be part of an online community that parents can feel good about letting their children explore. “This team and this project are a perfect fit for me,” said Podgorny. In her new role, Podgorny will architect and oversee all aspects of community management for Animal Jam, with the goal of creating an online destination that is an industry leader in child safety, parental engagement, and pure fun. Washington, DC and Salt Lake City, UT ( PRWEB) JanuSmart Bomb Interactive announced today that Joi Podgorny has joined the company as the Director of Community Engagement for National Geographic’s Animal Jam, an online virtual world for kids 5-9 launching in the summer of 2010. Online Child Safety Veteran to Lead Community Engagement in New Virtual World Joi Podgorny Joins National Geographic’s Animal Jam Team The game is out this summer and it’s BEAUTIFUL. It’s true! I got a fantastic opportunity to work with an insanely talented team of designers on one of the country’s most beloved brands, National Geographic. 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.Ĭheck it out and let me know what you think! National Geographic Animal Jam – Jump into the Jungle Today! 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! So come prowl around inside National Geographic Animal Jam. 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. 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. Your kids will soon realize that they’re having tons of fun in the coolest jungle around! 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. Now you and your kids can be among the first to monkey around in this virtual world of discovery and fun. The day is finally here to live wild with National Geographic Animal Jam™. 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! Love this kind of feedback and recognition. So our kids can ask a real scientist their animal puzzlers and potentially have him answer their question. I find myself shouting at the videos – get away from there Brady!!!ĥ/12 – UPDATE! Brady’s answering the player’s animal questions!ĭr Brady Barr now has regular video answers to questions from kids in the game. Look out for more cool stuff from this awesome-tastic Scientist/Celebrity that we are partnering with. I love it! And this is just the first day. 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! Dr Brady Barr specialized in cool gadgets that help him get crazy footage of all sorts of animals. It’s been live for only a couple hours and the room has been full the whole time. Dr Brady Barr from Dangerous Encounters now has a Gadget lab in Animal Jam! OMG, I am SO excited about this new addition to National Geographic Animal Jam.
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