“cat•a•lyst – somebody or something that makes a change happen or brings about an event.”

You know we like to game here at FiftyOne and well some of us like to game with a little bit of flare and style.  (me, that’s who)

When I say that I haven’t had a cover for my Nintendo DSi XL that was filled as much awesome sauce as the one from CM4′s Catalyst line, it’s no exaggeration.  It’s a pretty sturdy, high quality case and it’s only one in a family that premium experience brand CM4 has designed.  The Catalyst line includes covers for the Nintendo Wii Remote™ with MotionPlus, Nintendo DSi™, Nintendo DSi XL™, and the Sony PSP®go.

Each product on the Catalyst line offers an experience tailored specifically to gamers.

“Our customers have created a particular lifestyle aesthetic and the Catalyst line of covers amplifies that lifestyle.  The controllers and handhelds you use will never be the same.” -Jon Ray, Director of Marketing, CM4.

Both the covers and their packaging have been specifically designed for a lifestyle change amongst gamers who want better protection for their handheld while also showing off an unmatched style.

Set a trend with Catalyst and make a lifestyle statement with the way you play.  You won’t have to hide when you’re on the train or if company comes over because these covers make your inner geek stand out in style.

Let me know here or @whatis51 if you’re a handheld/Wii MotionPlus owner.

Ever in a need to reach out quickly to the one place with the most awesome sauce in the land?  Well reaching out to us here at FiftyOne Marketing just got easier and quite honestly much cooler with the new Google Voice phone calling.

We’d like you to reach out and try it with us!  Simply head on over to our Contact page, click the convenient widget and leave yours truly a good old voicemail filled with awesome sauce letting me know you’re testing out the new Google Voice phone calling system.

Or you can click the widget below because ya know it’s the same one on our Contact page…woohaaa!  Let me know how it works for ya (and yes you’ll have to have at least the $.10 credit with Google Voice).

And if you just want to leave a voicemail without using the widget, feel free to do that as well.  We’d love to hear from you in either case.

Skon Kyskadi!  I’m not sure about you but I just love saying that.  If you’re on “The List”, then you know it’s an inside greeting amongst those who roll with the dice.  I wanted to post this up as a brief look at some of the things we’re working on and are soon to be unveiled.

And of course the unveiling of things might not be as point blank as you’d expect.  But then we are located in Viral City so it’d be an injustice wouldn’t it if there wasn’t some cool little mystery involved right?

Here are a few code names to some things that are on the horizon for FiftyOne Marketing.  Most of these things have 2010 releases scheduled if things go according to plan.  If you look in certain places that the dice have been rolled at, you’ll gather more clues as to how the year will play out.

On the horizon….

Project “i”

The Event

R.A.D.

Invasion Hub – status complete

Mr. Elite

Indie Scene

Use your Keys

Is this the most exciting time for gamers still?  I remember when E3 was really all you had to get excited for when it came to the latest and greatest in gaming.  These days though there are dozens of shows and expos that highlight gaming goodies.

I’m excited about E3 2010 though as well as many of you I’m sure.  But I won’t lie about the fact that my excitement is definitely sliced up due to so many events throughout the year.  I have to save some of my joy for the likes of GDC, PAX, TGS etc.  Does everyone know what those acronyms mean? (smile)

The big question at every E3 event is which of the “big three” will come out on top.  Sony will no doubt stress its PlayStation Move.  Microsoft will bring the circus to shine some light on Project Natal (or Wave…whatever they decide to call it).  And Nintendo will do like they normally do and give us more Mario…or maybe Zelda this time?

It’ll be interesting to see how much they each dish out as we enter a very saturated portion of this generation of consoles.  They’ve all been available for years so the chances are that there are very few people who don’t have one or the other in their home.  What new thing will keep the consumer interested?

To everyone who preordered one of the limited edition “I Made The List” t-shirts, we wanted to say thanks!  You continue to fire off an amazing amount of awesome sauce that it’s hard to contain.  You are officially the only people in the world wearing a shirt like this one.  It was the first entry into what we’re calling our Awesome Sauce Line of t-shirts.  Yes, that means there will be more kick ass designs coming soon!

I know we’ve thanked you guys and girls a thousand times over but you can never say it enough right?  So again, thank you for supporting FiftyOne and especially supporting the Awesome Sauce Line!  Stay tuned and stay involved!