Wii Work

By Anthony Longo 20 04 2008 by Author

The Boston Business Journal did a fun article last week on: Companies embrace rocking out at work.

We were intervied on the fact and we thought we should share with you as it is article in which shows our companies ability to continue to stay innovative! “Motion creates Emotion, right?” - Boiler Room

Brian Dame loves to watch Erik Dasque, his supervisor at BzzAgent Inc., shriek to Iron Maiden’s heavy metal anthem “Run to the Hills.” It’s just one of the recurring highlights that he and his co-workers revel in each month when they gather in a spare conference room to play the video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

“We’ll have a lot of people who are normally shy and quiet, and they’ll walk in and belt out a song like nobody’s watching,” said Dame, 39, a senior engineer at the Boston-based word-of-mouth marketing company. “One of the great things about working here is that there is a culture that goes beyond work. You’re spending eight hours a day with these people, so you should have some fun with them once in a while.”

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Indeed, mimicking a West Coast work culture was exactly what Tony Longo, founder of three-year-old Boston-based luxury real estate startup CondoDomain.com, was after when he purchased a Wii for his office.

“A lot of my business associates are on the West Coast and every time we go out there I’m amazed at the office settings,” said Longo. “I try to bring that West Coast feeling here.”