When I was a little younger than I am today, Christmas was really about videogames. Sure there’s family, friends, food, the baby Jesus, trees, carols, snow, but for an awkward pre-teen boy the main event was less brussel sprouts and more the magical pixel forms of Sonic, Ryu and Pac-Man.
These days of course I’m in The Oven where we actually create that special thumb-destroying magic. And what a magical year it has been…
*Wavy dream sequence*
We’ve seen the release of two versions of our critically acclaimed word puzzle game Oh, My Word! 2 which also featured, alongside a couple of fantastic jumpers, in ustwo’s Christmas romp Crazo.
We announced our partnership with iPhone publishing premiers Tag Games to bring B-Boy Brawl to your iPod touches and iPhones in early 2010.
Myself and Matt Aranha joined the pie, adding a delicious creative aroma and robust C++ flavours (respectively).
I was all over the media with two appearances on local radio and a cutting edge article on videogame design techniques at the industry website, Gamasutra. Oh, and there was also the handful of YouTube videos, Richard was on this podcast and the whole team got interviewed by Pocket Gamer!
We announced Bristol’s first and only Global Games Jam.
All the way back in September we had a brilliant time at igfest ‘09 and early still in the year Rich and Tom rocked SXSW and the GSMA Mobile World Congress.
Our much hyped and loved business cards arrived in August.
We moved to our spanking new eco office and stuck I Am 8-bit Bliks everywhere.
And just last week the team were pap’ed for Heat magazine whilst enjoying the festive cheer at the Mobile Pie christmas party:
2009 was a great year, but look out 2010 because we’re heading right at you, full steam ahead with great games and entertainment for your mobile. You’ll never be bored again.
But until then:
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family!
With love,
Mobile Pie x




