Sometimes work gets to be a little too much fun. This is a good example.
Just launched a new Flash game for B.o.B. Help him collect beautiful girls all over the world!
Congrats to our longtime friend Brian Sacawa, who appears on this week’s cover of Baltimore’s City Paper! You’ll have to read the article to find out why he’s touching his nose like that.
I mentioned this last year, and the day has finally arrived. Friend Of Fishbucket Devin Clark has a new series on Comedy Central, and it premieres after South Park tonight. WATCH IT!
I saw an early cut of the pilot last year, and it was really funny. (and I’m not just saying that because I’ve known Devin since college and shared a studio with him in 08-09. For real!)
New B.o.B video came out today, check it out. Good song. (via bobatl.com)
Hmmm, maybe Fishbucket should do some work for B.o.B? That could be a fun project…
We’re pleased to announce the third incarnation of the Star Trak site. But first, a few steps back in time…
APRIL 22, 2002: STAR TRAK
The beginning. This was a three-person team-up: Heather on management, Nirav on development, me on design. We were all working together on a steadily-sinking ship, and this was our after-hours gig. And, it turns out, this is the project that basically started my career. (BIG thanks go out to Loic here for supporting us from the beginning!)
SEPTEMBER 22, 2006: STAR TRAK 2
This is where we took a decidedly, um, unintuitive turn. The plan was to make a fun experience where “content” and “usability” were kind of pushed to the background. And I must say, in that sense it was a huge success! (some people at the label may disagree here.) The site had multiple themes that came up randomly, and a great collection of sound effects by Chad.
and, that brings us to…
JANUARY 29, 2010: STAR TRAK 3
Today’s version brings back CONTENT in a big way, while keeping some of the multi-theme aspects from version 2. Artist pages all have their own custom look, and the rest of the site has this “red/crowd” theme to start. Expect more themes in the future to promote specific albums/events for the label. (at least that’s what we’re planning!)
Content is overflowing here: direct feeds from partner sites, links to buy music, twitters, a growing collection of videos, (I think it’s about 100 to start?) and yeah, plenty of content. and perhaps a few throwback references to the old days, who knows?
SITE BY FISHBUCKET
Design & animation by Stephen R. King
Additional development & assistance provided by Christopher Najewicz & Will Olbrys
And, thanks to Mike Millions for the label-side assistance and great suggestions. Follow him!
So, now that this site is up, it doesn’t mean it’s time to kick back and relax at Fishbucket. Full lineup of great projects around the corner. ON TO THE NEXT ONE…
Here’s something that Fishbucket cofounder Chief has been working on lately: Snow Brawlin’, a wintertime iPhone snowball fighting game. (similar to the much funnier-named Nut Chuckin’ from earlier this year.)
Chief is dominating the scoreboard:
Get in on that! Brawl some snow and/or chuck some nuts. (There are free versions available too, if your snownut budget is running low.)
Back By Popular Demand… the long-awaited third Clipse album is available now.
Here’s a handy link to buy it on iTunes. They got it for cheap!
Oh hey look at that, GilbertArenas.com launched!
This site brings you into the world of Gilbert Arenas. The scene spans Gilbert’s entire life… starting with the park in LA where he spent time as a young boy, the apartment (and car) he lived in… University of Arizona, where he went to college… Oakland, where he played in 2001-2003… Washington, where he plays now… and into the future, when he envisions himself living on a tropical beach somewhere…
The site invites users to make bobbleheads of themselves. There’ve been some creative, um, creations so far, and it’ll be fun to see what people come up with!
As an added feature, after you create your bobblehead, you can embed it on your own site! Much like this little red man…
So hey yeah, go bobble yourself. And follow @gilbertarenas on twitter, he’s on a quest for 1 million followers!
GILBERTARENAS.COM
Executive Producer, Talent: Gilbert Arenas #0
Manager, Creative Director: Paisley M. Benaza
SITE BY FISHBUCKET
Concept, Design and Animation: Stephen R. King
Development: Jaybill McCarthy & Rich Joslin
Bobblehead Maker & Body Design: Tia Johnson & Sheryl Lutz-Brown
Looks like XXL released their list of the top 100 hip-hop websites, and two of them were created by Fishbucket! (that’s 2%, if you need help with the math…)
Here’s the (partial) list:
- (some websites)
- bbcicecream.com
- (some others)
- thinkcommon.com
- (and some more)
Check the full list at Nah Right
Just got Wale’s debut album last night, good stuff. (get it on iTunes!)
Here’s his appearance with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon last night. This song must be the first to refer to two Fishbucket clients in one line:
“And I be with P so I got BBC shit, even if I didn’t I would ball like Arenas”
(via BBC Blog)