Will leads the discussion on Spore PowersDiscussing spore powers

Lead Artist Will Kier discusses what is needed to transform our prototype Spore Power mechanism into a fully fleshed-out and gorgeous game device. The programmers, designers and artists responsible for producing this important aspect of Mushroom Men provide their unique points of view. Having proved the concepts of Spore Powers in our vertical slice levels, it’s time to expand their use throughout the entire game.

Nothing really specific to Mushroom Men, but this is the event that took place around our demo to the media.

I’ve always enjoyed Destructoid’s coverage of our games.

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GameTrailers has posted several new videos from EIEIO showing Lead Programmer Kain Shin play the game as Lead Designer Ryan Mattson narrates.

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GamesRadar just posted a comprehensive write-up of the demo of Mushroom Men: Rise of the Fungi that they saw at EIEIO 08.

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IGN posted articles on both the DS and Wii versions of Mushroom Men.

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An interesting detail about this article at GayGamer.net is that it was linked to on a PS3 blog site (PS3 Game Players), and we’re not even shipping on the PS3!

Wii Fanboy wrote up a nice article, as well.

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serversatoz.com gives their impression of Mushroom Men DS.

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One of the first write-ups of Mushroom Men from Gamecock’s EIEIO event hit today on GameDaily.

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My Wii News has posted a nice recap of all the Mushroom Men details that have been released thus far.

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This weekend, the guys from our audio design team (Okratron 5000) participated in the Austin Museum of Digital Art’s 7th Annual Laptop Battle.
Not to toot our own horns too much, but our boys totally kicked ass!
Austin Museum of Digital Art's 7th Annual Laptop Battle

Matt tightens up the audio on level 3. Kidko lays it down.

To further illustrate the point...

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Kotaku’s initial write-up on the EIEIO event is nice. Look for more details on the individual games next week!

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IGN got the exclusive for our Mushroom Men “Here Wii Come” trailer.

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We’re happy to see that Wiifanboy really understands what we’re doing.

EIEIO 2008

March 7, 2008

Throughout the entire day at EIEIO, the press came through in groups of about ten every hour. Everyone was very attentive and enthused as they watched the DS and Wii demos of Mushroom Men.

Post-show interviews. After all the demos, video crews came in from different networks to do follow-up interviews.

With Gamecock’s EIEIO event in Austin tomorrow, several members of the gaming media are in town. Victor Lucas, host of Electric Playground, visited our studio to talk abot Mushroom Men.

Ryan tells it like it is.

As Ryan described more details about Mushroom Men for the Wii and DS, Victor’s enthusiasm for the game grew.