Happy Thanksgiving!

I know it's not Thanksgiving until Thursday, but Happy Thanksgiving anyway. I know I'll be too busy spending this entire weekend playing Mass Effect and the absolutely incredible, best-game-I've-ever-played-EVER Super Mario Galaxy to post.


So I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite musicians of all time, Stevie Wonder, live at Madison Square Garden last Saturday. It was his first headlining concert in 11 years, his triumphant return to the stage. My mind is still blown from how epic it was. He was in top form, and he sprung two incredibly huge guests on the sold out crowd; first was the legendary Tony Bennett himself and then, you know, Prince. I'm fairly certain I was deaf from the sheer sound of ten thousand screaming people when Prince came out on stage. Tony and Stevie reprised their duet of 'For Once in my Life' off of Bennett's Duets album, and Prince played guitar on Superstition. In the middle of the song, Prince and Wonder dueled, guitar versus keyboard. It was a performance that was beyond description. Normally, an appearance by Prince would have to be THE highlight of a show. Make no mistake - it was tremendous. However, the entire show was one highlight after another. To name that moment - or the number with Tony Bennett - as the singular moment of the evening would sell the rest of the show short. It was a phenomenal concert, the likes of which will be the standard I compare all other concerts to for the rest of my life.

Will that bar be raised again when I see Eric Clapton & Stevie Winwood this February at the Garden? It is possible. My parents, uncles, and friends - all big music buffs - have all said that seeing Clapton live was their favorite concert of all time. I have a feeling seeing him with Winwood is going to be Wonder-level mind blowing. Blind Faith, anyone?

On the game front, take a gander over here. This is a game we did for Kellogg's delightful Corn Pops cereal. It's out there, I know. I mean, I get it. You know? I get it.

Mattell and Arkadium's U.B. Funkeys in TIME Magazine

Hey gang, sorry for the radio silence.

So, that U.B. Funkeys thing we made with Mattel? It's sort of taken off lately, and by that I mean they're going to be the Tickle Me Elmo of Holiday Shopping 2007.


I'm pleased to announce that TIME Magazine put U.B. Funkeys down as one of the innovations in Gaming and Toys of 2007 in this year's annual 'Best Inventions' issue. I would say we're getting somewhere, wouldn't you?

I am proud to be a part of this project. We've got some great things in the works for this franchise (and others!). This is only the beginning.