The response to “Did It Myself ABC123″ has been great.  Check it out:

From www.gamerpops.com:

“If you have a DSi, and you have a child between the ages of 2-5, spend the 200 points to download this game for them. You’ll be rewarded with a fun and educational game that may easily represent the best and most family-friendly $2 you will ever spend on a video game.”

From www.nintendolife.com

“The presentation is spectacular, with bright, attractive colours and a smooth, charming style of illustration similar to that of a children’s book.” and it’s “…the next best thing to Sesame Street that you can get for 200 DSi Points.”

Finally, we received an email from Candice, Mother of Giovanni age 3 and Aria age 1 who said: “Thank you so much for this ABC123 game:) it’s perfect and well needed… Giovanni will be 3 in November and is really getting the hang of things fast and Aria loves the xylophone and to draw.”

(Emphasis added.)

Only available on the Nintendo DSiWare(TM) Service!  Check out the official link at Nintendo.com for more information.  And/or check out our Did It Myself ABC123 website!

Got a Pre-K kid and a DSi?  We’ve got the activity-toy-game-thing for you!

We’ve just announced our next original game: “Did It Myself ABC123″ for Nintendo DSiWare.  It will be available for download on Monday, August 9th for 200 Nintendo DSi Points.

On a personal note, the whole process of building a game with my son has been an amazing experience.  If we had better PR, we’d be talking about the crossroads of technology and curiosity and all that.  Hopefully I’ll think of something eventually.

We tried to cover all the edu-game bases of letters, colors, counting (cardinality!), music, and art.  (You can even save your doodles to your Nintendo DSi Album and share them with friends.)

Check out the rest of the post for the official press release.  And, check out the official website for more screenshots.

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Voila! One minute and nine seconds of Glow Artisan video!

We are proud and humbled to announce Glow Artisan has just won the Independent Games Festival Award for Best Mobile Game Design!

We will see you at GDC!

(All the details from the IGF.)

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Glow Artisan was named a finalist for the Independent Games Festival Best Mobile Game Design award!  Woohoo!

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Powerhead’s first self-published game, “Glow Artisan“, will be available in the DSiWare Shop for 500 Nintendo Points one week from today!  (Monday, December 28th!)

Details follow!

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Powerhead had a great E3. Did we mention we’re pitching an original game? (!!!)  More info to come…

We had a few minutes of free time before the end of the show for some photo-ops. (Thanks to Gary for his blocking and crowd control.)

Check out this video segment on “Best Job Ever” featuring our own Ramiro!

A quick post to thank everyone for coming to the seminar,  “Video Games: Cracking the Code“, at the Center for Communication.  The panel focused on… getting a job in the games industry!  I mentioned a few links during the discussion.  As promised, here they are:

• Previous essay with many references for getting a job in the game industry
• PHG Job Page

We are looking for developers and interns of all shapes and sizes.  Do apply.