Author Archives: Jessica

Dec
23

Happy Holidays from SCVNGR HQ

‘Tis the season for giving, so SCVNGR’s stuffing your stocking (or smartphone) with 3 festive badges. From Decemeber 20-28, playing SCVNGR will unlock this symbol of spinnin’ dreidels. Rejoice in your earning with a little song, “I have a little dreidel-bot, I earned it just today. Badges, Badges, Badges, oh SCVNGR I play…” You’ll definitely [...]

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Dec
13

#Gamify Your Holiday Shopping?

For some of us, the holidays signal the yearly ritual of overpaying for gifts that are our loved ones don’t want, don’t need, or already have. Though nothing can change this hallowed tradition, this year, two clever organizations have endeavored to make the shopping season a little less painful for us. At least our holiday [...]

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Dec
08

Challenges for Charity: That Bot’s Got Heart!

You know that SCVNGR is free for players. You know that SCVNGR is free for builders under 5 credits, but did you know that SCVNGR also awards 6 nonprofit builder scholarships every year? ‘Tis true! This year one of our first grant recipients for our December grant round is TweetDrive, a nonprofit that hosts Tweetups [...]

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Nov
17

Home for the Holidays

To be sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells” Waiting to board the plane Going home for the holidays Got presents on the brain Don’t want to be delayed. But you need to kill an hour So you decide to use your phone SCVNGR challenges to devour You’re in a re-ward zone! Oh, family visits, [...]

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Nov
02

Brains? BRAAAAAAAAINS!!

Did you know that brains have the highest cholesterol content of any food? This is why many Zombies suffer from congenital heart failure. Luckily, that doesn’t matter because they’re dead. Jealous? US TOO! That’s why we’re running the SCVNGR Zombie Apocalypse on November 10th. Zombies will arrive at Johnny D’s from 6pm to 7pm to [...]

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