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Something tells me that you’d like to win a $100 Best Buy gift card from your friends at Psychic Bunny.

But, how!?

During the month of June, spread the word about the Psychic Bunny Newsletter! When your friends and associates sign up here, make sure they put your name in the referral field.  The person with the most referrals wins.

Why would my friends want to subscribe to the Psychic Bunny Newsletter?

Our newsletter is unconventional and fun.  AND one randomly drawn new June subscriber will WIN a $50 Best Buy gift card!  Aw, isn’t love grand?

Drawing by Andrew Chittenden

More details:

New subscribers must survive one email newsletter without unsubscribing.  You wouldn’t want to make Rick sad, would you?  You may sign up your friends, but not without their consent.  The minimum number of referrals required to be eligible to win is 10.  We will contact both winners and post their names on this very blog.  The contest ends at midnight Pacific Standard Time on June 30, 2010.

Hey wait, what if I’m not a subscriber…can I win both prizes?

Goodness, someone likes prizes.  Yes, you sure can!  The drawing for the $50 Best Buy gift card is random, so it is indeed possible.

Can I re-post this?

Yes please!

Do you like having imaginary conversations with yourself?

Ok, I think that I’ve answered quite enough questions for now.  If there are further questions you can email me at jazz [at] psychicbunny.com.

Thanks for re-confusing the issue, kiddos.

So it is May again which means that it is time for me to suggest that if you are curious about the hot new cool games and designers you’re going to hear about in the next few years, you would hedge your bets nicely to see what’s coming out of USC’s Interactive Media division this year at their graduate thesis show.

The event runs through Thursday and the gallery stays open mostly gallery hours and as in the past these are hands-on exhibitions, so you’ll get to actually try this stuff out. Of course, they’ve chosen to name their show the name we used to be using for Codename, making things a little confused again, but we forgive you guys and hope Activision leaves you alone. All the details can be found here.

Last night down at the PB offices we made yet another world.  The title of this piece, thanks to Aaron’s choosing and cutting skills, is “Man-made Evolution.”  Unlike previous worlds, it isn’t so much a landscape as a sort of place on a great cosmic desk.  Check it out!

Man-made Evolution, featuring the Hawktopotamoose! (click for larger)

I am so very very glad she's painting in the Patron Saints series again

Long ago when I was kind of a jerk, I knew a very talented young woman named Sarah Atlee, with whom I once dropped a box of superballs down a the 14-story stairwell of the local Marriott to see how high they’d bounce back up. Sarah is a professional artist and a very good one at that and as part of an ongoing penance for that whole being a jerk thing, I like to make people aware of her work whenever I can.

I caught a blog post of hers last week that I quite enjoyed, about useful things to try when you are feeling stumped. I love, love, love that in addition to being a working artist who is genuinely doing interesting things that showcase her own unique voice and perception of the world, Sarah takes the time to be much better at having a blog than we fools here at the Bunny. Sarah’s tips for re-starting the creative juices can be read here. And while you’re at it, you should read her treatise and suggestions on How and Why to Title Your Work.

When I was a little kid, I spent a lot of my free time designing flying cars. In fact, frequently I have good ideas that are waiting for technology to catch up to being even remotely close to something I think would be rad. Lucky for us, this time we only had to wait about a year for ultimate glory.

Monday we shot a “demo” for a new IP we’re very very excited about it. It’s a narrative series, but it has a very strong interactive twist to it. The show is called QUALIA, and it is a crime procedural that does not give a damn about fingerprints or UV lights or microfibers or sunglasses or The Who because all the evidence you, the audience will need to solve the crime is in the heads of the witnesses.

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As noted previously, everyone at Psychic Bunny remains a tremendous friend and supporter of the IndieCade Festival, which showcases some of the very best things happening in indie games today. This year, IndieCade’s moved to its new home in Culver City. I in fact just came from downtown Culver and bumped into a half-dozen game journalists and creators for whom my respect has only grown the more I become familiar with their work.

Go. For the love of god, go. Play stuff. Talk to these people. Love them.  And if you want to hear what we’re planning in conjunction with IndieCade, come to the closing party on Sunday. Rush Street. 4pm.

The Echo Game cast and crew screening was last night, and a grand time was had by all.  We were at the Downtown Independent,  an extremely cool new theatre just blocks away from the PB office.  We had most of our cast and crew in attendance, the movie looked gorgeous up on the big screen, everyone had a blast, and to top it all off, it was Melissa (the young actress who plays Sarah) Lee’s first R-rated film.  We’re honored.

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If you’re reading this blog, I can’t imagine this is news to you. But it feels good to write it, so I am:  our first feature film, The Echo Game, is 100% finished, exported, run off to HDCAM tape, warm, cozy, and happy.  Moreover, it is ready for our first public screening, a VIP affair next week at the beautifully renovated and neighborly Downtown Independent theater.  This is a closed, invite-only event, so I can’t just say “show up”, but if you’re interested in an invite get in touch and we’ll see if we have tickets left.

Congrats to all of our hard-working cast and crew on the efforts that have led us to this point, and here’s to much continued to success for the film and to each of you!  We look forward to working with you again soon!

Just in case you’ve never heard of the star-spangled majesty that is The Echo Game, here’s the trailer.

Friend Lists.

I’ve been using these for a while, but nobody seems to know what I’m talking about so I thought I’d let the word out. If you have more than 100 friends on Facebook, and you’re having trouble filtering the status updates of your very best friends from the people you met in the elevator, friend lists are AWESOME.

On your facebook homepage, look on the left column that starts with “News Feed.” You can already filter things down so that you just see “Photos” or “Links” or “Status Updates” rather than have all of them feed into your newsfeed.

Ok, now click on the “more” text at the very bottom of this column. Now more filters pop up, along with text at the very bottom that reads “Create New List.” Click that. Now you can choose which friends and fan pages will belong to that list. For instance, I’ve made one called “Comedians” where I put all my friends that have funny status updates. Now I can click on that, and only see updates of those particular people

What’s also great is that you can also use friend lists with your privacy settings. Would you rather coworkers not see your photo album from Vegas? Your privacy settings let you make certain photo albums available only to friends of friends, or only to people you’re personally friends with, or to THIS list, or to everybody except THAT list. It’s really pretty powerful.

Paris drunk in Vegas

Also, when you make new friends, you can immediately add them to pre-existing lists. So when my Aunt finally joins Facebook, I can put her on my “Relatives” list at the same time I accept her Facebook “friendship.”

Anyway, just felt most people weren’t getting the most out of this feature.

While I’ve tried to stay in recession denial as long as possible, it’s bound to set in at some point. My clothes just aren’t so special anymore and I’d love to buy new ones. But I have to be smart so I’ve gone back to thrift store shopping and bargain hunting. On top of that I got motivated and suggested doing a clothing swap with a friend. We each “shopped” through the clothing and shoes of the other and came out with a bag full of new-to-me items to borrow! Today I’m rockin’ a black and white plaid shirt that I would have never picked out myself because of my aversion to plaid (I feel like it will make me look like a farm girl). Now I’m excited to try out more plaid because I look classy. Tomorrow I have several exciting options that will put my shopping urge to rest and keep my dollars accumulating.