In a bid to generate some buzz surrounding its new series, The Hard Times of RJ Berger, MTV has launched an online game that encourages users to navigate through the hard times of adolescence.
This series, which premiers on June 6th, is about an awkward 15 year old boy, who has a hard time talking with girls he has a crush on.
The game, called “Chain of Thought,” challenges the player to connect objects in such a way as to create a sentence that causes the in-game “crush” to respond positively.
MTV is slated to release additional game content as the show progresses, creating a unique user experience, in both the game and the TV program. It’s going to be interesting to see how these content elements play off each other, and if they form a symbiotic relationship. MTV is releasing the game earlier than the show, in hopes that it will catch on virally.
You can check out the game here: http://www.mtv.com/games/arcade/game/play.jhtml?arcadeGameId=10264361