Showing posts with label comic book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comic book. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Iron Man 2 Makes Top 5 Games on iPad!

my very first iPad game and it made jkOnTheRun's top 5 list! woo-hoo!

admittedly, i wish the game was better received by the press, but i'm well aware of all the production problems we went through (both in pre and post) and i'm just extremely proud to see it sell so well.



For the full story, click here.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

New Footage of Iron Man 2 Gameplay!

marvel just posted a trailer on their website for the iphone/ipod touch/ipad game!


check it out here.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

In Stark Contrast...

i can officially breathe a sigh of relief because i can now talk about the super huge confidential game that i was working on a few months back: iron man 2!

check out these screenshots from the iPhone version:


this was the first comic book tie-in game (tho' it was based more on the movie) that i've ever been a part of, but the development process wasn't unlike other licensed games. as the game's writer, i collaborated with a marvel team and together, we developed a kick-ass story. i worked on the game for both regular cell phones and iPhones (i hear a rumor it's coming to the iPad too), but the iPhone version is very cool, in my opinion. and in case you're wondering, i had nothing to do with the console version (that was sega).

believe it or not, we went back and forth with marvel for a few months about story alone. once that was nailed down, the designers could create the levels and gameplay, and i could start developing characters and writing dialogue. (unfortunately, i wasn't part of the voice-over process. although i have experience directing actors-- that whole recording session happened in an entirely different city).

the game is already available overseas and will become available in the u.s. the first week of may! be sure to check it out!

p.s.: i LOVE channeling robert downey jr.!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

My Hero is Pissed!

let me explain.

my boss got a computer virus at work. he backs files up in a drive that we writers share. eventually, i got the computer virus. then, i spread it to half our office. this ridiculously annoying virus has plagued me for the past 2 weeks. our IT department has been working furiously to remove it and i've been moved to 2 different temporary computers since. one had no internet and no microsoft office. the 2nd had no internet and no sound...but eventually got both. mind you, most of my files were not backed up because guess what? our back up drive at work has been down for the past 3 months. somehow, through this entire mess, the IT department was blaming me for my issues or just making me feel guilty in general. in their defense, they've been very stressed by all the viruses going around. still, this insanity has made me lose my mind a few times at work which, frankly, is not like me at all. long story even longer-- that virus spread to my ipod and has now infected my personal computer too.

anyway, the point of this post is to explain how it's affected my work, not my mood. every writer is influenced by various things while they're writing and it's been a struggle to continue writing my VERY URGENT project when all my months of communication about the game were lost and my files were missing for 2 weeks.

the project is super uber confidential so i can't say much about it. what i will say is that it's based on a comic book and my comic book hero is pissed. he's angry at all the other characters (even his buddies) and as a result- he keeps yelling at people and trying to fight them. at the end of the day, i review the stuff i've been writing and laugh at how unbelievably bitter my so-called hero is. he has a massive chip on his metallic shoulder. and then, yes, i spend the last few hours of my day rewriting him so that he's not so angry at the world. after all, what does he have to be so angry about? he doesn't have a computer virus!