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Update 2: To the Studio!

Is it finally Friday? It’s been a busy week! As I mentioned in this post, we Hideo peeps were in the studio all this last weekend recording 3 songs for […]

Wait, Ebert Said What Now?

Over a year ago, Roger Ebert made the infamous statement, “Video games can never be art”. In the following months, a heated debate ensued amongst everyone within the gaming community, largely defying the statement with numerous examples from over the years. While he ultimately somewhat apologized for his non-researched judgment, you can imagine my surprise when I saw what Ebert himself wrote on Twitter last week.

The Bald Mercenary – Character Synthesis Part 1

Batman has Robin.  Kirk has Spock.  Darkwing Duck has Launchpad McQuack.  Sure, there are plenty of loner heroes out there, but most classic heroes have some kind of close friend […]

Animating Hideo

Once I had original artwork and storyboards, the animation process was ready to begin. I created a batch of well-defined pencil sketches, used a light box (thanks Jonathan) to transfer […]

Storyboarding for Hideo

I worked closely with Blair when it came to storyboarding for Hideo. Being the producer, she had a vision for how these pieces were going to play out, so my […]