Play, Live, Work, Enjoy.

If you read the title of this blog post and thought… "Wow! Now that's a combination I could really get into!" Then you're right there with us. If not, read on, and at least you'll get where we're coming from. We were more than psyched when Roadrunner Records came calling looking for a metal twist on the casual game.

I pride myself on listening to all kinds of music, and although my earliest memories were of The Beatles and Bob Dylan; the first records I got on my own included Holy Diver, by Dio and Mellissa, by Mercyful Fate (an early Roadrunner Records act). Incidentally, one of Roadrunner's artists, Killswitch Engage does a killer cover of the (Holy Diver) title track…. magical rock lives on!

Anyhow, the news is that we're working on a series of casual games for the Roadrunner Records website. The first game recently launched and we're happy to see that the site's users are already begging for more. Photo Moshup is basically an online adaptation of the barcade classic Photo Hunt where users have to identify differences between two images. All of the games we're making for Roadrunner feature dynamically generated content and quality music clips of the bands featured in the game.

Keep an eye on the Our Work and Games sections of our website for links to more games as they launch. Works in progress include a tile swapping game with an arachnid twist to it and a Legend of Zelda style adventure in support of Madina Lake's upcoming release Attics to Eden.

Play PHOTO MOSHUP on RoadrunnerRecords.com

Just a quick link out… you've got to take a look at what these lunatics have done. Go to the link below and click on NoxTools on the upper-right tab. Basically a whole set of synthesizers, sequencers, and effects pedals — built in Flash!!

Fun stuff — now if you could only export an MP3!
http://www.hobnox.com

Just had the best weekend in quite some time. Got to see Bob Weir and Rat Dog here at Buffalo's Town Ballroom. What a great place to see a show… and what a great show to see anyplace. Both nights were sold out… the crowd was great… and the band was really tight. Saturday night I went in costumer (pictured). This weekend, lack of sleep aside, was like a much needed vacation… Not much more I can say…

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Here's something I've been thinking about today… iTunes and the iPod as the "old school" record store of the 1970's and 1980's. I remember as a kid growing up in the Bronx it seemed like every neighborhood had its own record shop each with its own personality (Broadway Records was ours)… some were more rock-heavy others more jazz. You could go there to browse the covers, maybe hear something new… buy concert tickets… play some pinball or arcade games… check out the used or cheap bin (or trade) for things you would never otherwise pick up. Good memories of those days.

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