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Critical Mass Interactive Provides Ancillary Screen Saver Product
to Stooples, the Popular Office Supply Satire Book
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AUSTIN,
Texas -- September 20, 2005.
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| "Signing a deal
with Stooples may just be one of the silliest things we've done here at
Critical Mass Interactive, but we like it!" says Billy Cain, VP of
Development for the video game developer. "We've had a lot of fun putting
this screen saver together, and we hope that it shows in the final product."
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| Stooples: Office Tools
for Hopeless Fools (St. Martin's Press) takes a satirical look at office
humor through absurdly funny products such as "Salesman GPS Underwear"
which makes sure your salesmen is with clients in Cleveland instead of hanging
out with friends in Dallas and "Butter Uppers," a powerful amphetamine
that helps you juggle butt-kissing and apple polishing without losing your
breath. |
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| "There are so
many silly things that go on in work that can be expressed in products,"
said Kevin Reifler, co-author of Stooples. |
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| The book, set to be
released Oct. 1, 2005, holds 128 pages featuring more than 220 "products"
that he created along with Nick Vacca, creative director of Envy Design,
a marketing company in Morristown, and Adam Najberg, an editor for Dow Jones
in Europe. It is available through Amazon and Books-A-Million. |
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screen saver itself has many ridiculous features that actually poke fun
at other screen savers, such as dripping ink blots that fill the screen
instead of simple fades, folding the images and cutting them into paper
dolls instead of image swaps, "shredding" old images, and folding
images into origami. "We've got a few surprises up our sleeves, but
I think you can see where we're going with this. We've just had a blast
with it," comments Cain. |
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demo of the screensaver will be available for download soon! |
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| Critical
Mass Interactive delivers a wide variety of services, including full game
production from concept to completion on any platform, any type of outsourcing including concept sketches
and storyboards, 3 dimensional models for in-game or marketing materials,
design documents, and more. Recent clients include: Electronic Arts, Majesco,
THQ/relic, and the United States Air Force. Visit them on the Web at http://www.criticalmassinteractive.com |
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