Posted by annem.
Wed, May 16th, 2012 in
Events.
Last Thursday we hosted our Mind Candy bi-weekly invention… a little something we call GAME JAM!
Participants were divided into three teams that used a brilliant and hilarious online service called, ‘Video Game Name Generator’ to select their game name at random.
Selecting the names of the games...
Thus was born: Wondrous Lawn Mower Rider, Future Sewer Studio, and Super Skydiving Showdown - These names haven’t developed into massively popular games in the past (…hard to believe – I know!)
Luckily we came across them and game magic began. Teams had one hour to bring their game concept to life with or without their computers. (Craft supplies were also welcome for those that are more hands on.)
Working on creating 'Super Skydiving Showdown..'
Craft supplies come out for 'Wonderous Lawn Mower Rider'
Research for 'Future Sewer Studio' begins...
The game results were shared with everyone in our Friday ‘Show and Tell’ session. What bizarre games will we come up with next!?
Super Skydiving Showdown
Wonderous Lawn Mower Rider
Future Sewer Studio
- Guest written and photography by Megan Kane
Our CEO, Michael Acton Smith landed himself on the front cover in the May issue of WIRED Magazine! His appearance on the cover leads to the feature “How To Create A Global Brand From The UK.”
- Front Cover, May 2012 Edition
Michael isn’t the only celebrity in the office though as a few other Mind Candies got to star in the shoot too! In the far, far background yes…but we’re still there!
- The Mind Candies inside Wired Magazine
It’s been a busy few weeks for the Moshi Music team as we released the first ever music album ‘Moshi Monsters: Music Rox!’ on April 2nd.
The debut album stormed the official UK album charts coming in at number 4 – ahead of iconic music artists including Madonna and Lost Prophets! Achieving a top 5 for a debut album with no radio or TV play is some feat so we’re really proud of our little musical monsters!
To support the album we hosted an exclusive media launch party at the Hard Rock Cafe in London, which was well attended by media, competition winners and celebs including McFly, Sophie Ellis-Bexter, James Bourne and Matt Willis from Busted and Javine Hylton. Zack BinSpin performed a world exclusive and there was lots of fun with more performances, Moshi tattoos, sweeties, candyfloss, a photobooth, the real McNulty pup walking the red carpet and Mr Moshi arriving in this Moshified Mini!
Mr Moshi arrives at The Hard Rock Cafe in the Moshi Mini!
McFly and Mr Moshi at the album launch party
On the day of launch we ran an event at HMV’s flagship store on London’s Oxford street for fans to see Zack perform his single and meet Mr Moshi to get their albums signed. The first 50 fans received goody bags and everyone received sweets and a Moshi mag. Hundreds of fans turned up with some queueing from as early as 5am – now that’s Moshi dedication :)
The big queue of fans outside HMV in Oxford Street, London!
Zack Binspin performing his single
Check out all the music action in this video!
Posted by annem.
Thu, April 5th, 2012 in
General.
The Management Team recently left behind their beloved Mind Candies in London, to fly to the brighter shores of California! There was some fun, some games… and a lot of work to be done whilst on the West Coast! Here’s just a snapshot of what they got up to…
The trip kicked off in San Francisco where management and some Mind Candy staff attended the GDC conference. This bought together gaming pros from all over the world to attend talks, conferences and to do some networking!
Whilst out in the US, the team took an inspiring trip to the Pixar Headquarters…
The Mind Candy Team inside Pixar's Headquarters!
Woody from Toy Story
This was followed by meetings, interviews with some potential new Mind Candies and a little sightseeing around San Francisco!
Michael also gave a talk at Stanford University and had a brilliant tour of the Facebook campus…
Inside Facebook's Headquarters
Next up was LA (aka MoshAngeles) to meet up with the Mind Candy US team in the Santa Monica office. Meetings here, interviews there and an addiction to the DrawSomething app later… it was back to Moshi HQ in London to share the stories!
Mind Candy in LA! (R to L: Brad Schultz, H/O Moshi TV - Divinia Knowles, CFO - Michael Acton Smith, CEO - Katie Gerber, Director, PR North America)
