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Psychic Bunny does a ton of work with the Institute for Creative Technologies and the US Army, everything from Interactive Design to Film Production.  A project we did with them last year has been getting a ton of traction, and was recently featured in The Atlantic.   We did world-building and scenario writing for the interactive experience, as well as a large educational motion graphics component.

Read all about it!

I am pretending that today is the two year anniversary of the infamous Loituma Day, a day of such intense productivity and industriousness that scholars have long written of its glory.

How does one celebrate Loituma Day?  Well, watch (and LISTEN) to this:

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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.

We are a hurricane of doing things over here at Psychic Bunny. As you can see below, we just completely finished a horror feature, and have now also completely finished our first web series, “Coma, Period.” It’s an existential comedy starring Rob Delaney, who we don’t know if you’ve noticed, has been blowing up all over the internet, starring in “Warner Bros Responds to Christian Bale” and this Mad Men parody from Funny or Die.

We have just completed 10 episodes comprising the first season, and are distributing them through Strike TV. They’ve been getting great writeups from Tubefilter, Markee Magazine, and NewTeeVee. Jill Weinberger, the reviewer at NewTeeVee Station, actually said that the result of all our work “fueled by Delaney’s pitch-perfect and exuberant performance, is a satisfying blend of dark humor and goofy whimsy - a fusion often attempted in web video that’s rarely done as well as it is here.”

Please watch a few of the episodes over at www.comaperiod.com! We’re very proud

Much thanks to Lawrence Everson (Sound Designer), Jeff Waldron (Cinematographer), Ringleader Stages, The Maybe Happening, and everybody else (and there are tons) who made this production possible. I think you’ll be hearing a lot more about Coma, Period. in the future, so stay tuned!

Slasher Films for Slasher Budgets: Making Microbudget Horror

How does the horror genre differ from any other in terms of what you should cut (slice, hack, chop) from your indie budget? Leaders in the indie horror realm spill their guts (and those of their victims) while discussing how to produce successful horror films on limited means. Audiences beware…

After months of planning and effort, we are pleased to announce that we have just launched LEAD BALLOON, our new original content banner. Our first two projects to launch under Lead Balloon will be the indie feature film “The Echo Game” and comedy web series “Coma, Period.” Along with feature films, web series, and TV, we’ll also be developing games, mobile, and interactive projects.

The much-maligned actual lead balloon really can float (we saw it on Mythbusters!) and we take our inspiration from that hearty little guy, flying high against all odds. Lead Balloon is all about ideas that are risky, exciting, and (though improbable) truly soar.

Stills from some of our upcoming projects after the jump: (more…)

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.

Here is a shirt that my girlfriend Tina designed.  It is posted here and you can register and vote for the t shirt to actually be printed and sold.  Any votes would be greatly appreciated.

PEACE

We were looking for an intern.  We weren’t prepared for what we would get.

Creative COW Magazine was so interested in our CineBingo project that they asked me to write an article about it for their latest “Games” issue. They wanted to know what kind of process we used to help create this live gameshow for movie theatres, how we got the job, and how we dealt with the interactivity of such a game. Trying to figure out how to come up with 2400 words, I actually got the chance to reflect how the job was a quasi-culmination of all of our graphics, interactive, and production experience. I also got the chance to reflect a bit more on our company mindset, and how that led us to here.

ALL THAT AND LIKE 10,000 BAGS OF CHIPS! Oh man, I wish that phrase was still in use after like ten years.  Sigh.

Hope you enjoy the article! You can either read it on the Creative Cow website or download the pdf. It actually does look quite a bit better in the actual print magazine, so I’d suggest downloading the pdf.

Rick Castaneda CineBingo Article on Creative COW website

View Rick Castaneda CineBingo Article PDF