Of course, the boxing was just part of this game. There's the whole electoral map/multiplayer issue as well. Google App Engine is used as the data store for all the state data, so we shouldn't have to worry about traffic issues if we happen to get dugg.

The coolest thing about the whole experience is that we actually utilized every production person in our studio on the same project (a first).

The goal in creating Presidential Prize Fight was to create a fun way to learn about the electoral college and to give you a chance to punch that "other candidate" in the face. I think we've achieved that. But don't take my word for it, pick your candidate and win the map!

P.S. It appears that more McCain supporters are fighting for this map than Obama supporters... if you support Obama you need to win a few fights (hint: focus on "battleground states")

Pixar's color schemes are always amazing. They find the perfect balance between pleasing and realistic, subtle yet emotional. WALL-E's palette is no different. Below I've create what I feel is a representative of the movies color mood:

You can download this color scheme on Adobe Kuler here

Well if you answered yes to both of the above question be sure to check out wuchess.com. It's an online community for hip-hop loving chess players just like you. For rizzle.

Also, check out the Hip-Hop Chess Federation for shizzle.

On a side not, the game playing functionality looks like a really well-done Adobe Flex application.

After several grueling nights of hard labor, we've officially launched our Post Apocalyptic Robot Game (PARG) onto the interweb. It's certainly not bad for the time frame that we launched it in... about a week of after-hours "work." The environment and most of the character artwork is by Justin Gerard. The "Boss Bot" is compliments of Cory Godbey and other bot designs we're contributed by Zach Franzen, Hallie Gillett. The site design is by Matt Mantooth and the rock-your-face-off theme music is by Ben Kammer. It was cool to see all of the contributions come together into one solid product. It was also a pretty good development challenge. This is probably one of the most truly-collaborative projects we've ever worked on. Now we just need to get someone to pay us to do this! And oh yeah, here's the link: Play Parg!

Here's a little of the flash motion based on a sample robot from Justin (click to explode):

And you also may very well end up being attacked by Cory Godbey's DOOM BRINGER ULTRA ULTRA 

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