Monthly Archives: February 2010

We’re Hiring!

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In case you missed it, Smashing Ideas is hiring — big time. We’re looking for an Associate Producer, Mid-Level Designer, Mid-Level Developer and a Mid-Level iPhone Developer (all for our Seattle office, located downtown just a stone’s throw from Pike Place Market). So if you or someone you know is both talented and interested, get in touch at signmeup(at)smashingideas(dot)com or move a few pages over and get the full details.

Our CEO Chimes in on Apple vs. Flash Feud over the iPad

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We’ve successfully developed top 100 paid games and apps for the iPhone, but now there’s a new kid in town that everyone’s talking about….the iPad. And our clients are starting to ask us about developing for this new device too, when the time is right. We’re busy reviewing the SDK, as we speak. Exciting stuff!

As you well know, the iPad is causing a stir. One reason is the decision by Apple not to support Adobe’s Flash video technology. Catch our CEO Steve Jackson as he weighs in on the Apple vs. Flash feud in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal’s New iPad Puts Focus On Apple’s Flash Feud. Will they play nice together? or not?

Help the Penguins Save the Planet

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Can you complete all four missions?

Can you complete all four missions?


Take four penguins, four missions, the voice of Neil Patrick Harris as the evil Dr. Blowhole, and you’ve got yourself a successful online/on-air event: Penguins of Madagascar: The Rise of Blowhole. Join the daredevil Penguin crew as they battle Dr. Blowhole on-air and off. In a first for Nickelodeon and the popular pack of Penguins, kids who tune into the special episode, “Dr. Blowhole’s Revenge,” on Feb. 15 will be given a secret code by Dr. Blowhole himself to complete the fourth and final mission in the online gaming event.
The online game starts Feb. 8 with a new mission launching every few days, until Feb. 15. The mission themes, which mirror the on-air episode themes, are You Only Spout Once (launching today), Moonflipper (launching Feb. 11), Quantum of Porpoise (launching Feb. 13), and the final mission The Zoo is Not Enough, launching Feb. 15 and coinciding with the on-air episode (Monday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT)).
So grab your mouse and your remote and help Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private as they race to save the planet once again from the dastardly Dr. Blowhole!

Don’t Erase This!

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Super Why Attack of the Eraser
Soar to new places in February at select movie theaters with SUPER WHY! In Comic Book: Attack of the Eraser, you’ll join the superheroes inside a comic book, where they’ll use their literacy powers to stop the diabolical Eraser from erasing the words in Reader Valley. Then, you can stop the Eraser yourself in a brand new online Comic Book Adventure Game!

To find where the movie is playing, go to Kidtoonfilms.com.