I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Some of our Moonlighters team are part of the gang at Glitch City, a swell community of indie digital artists & game makers in LA. Join us for an evening of spectacular gamery to support an ailing indie artist in time of dire need!!!  Funds raised will go 100% to the What’s Ailing Alex GoFundme Campaign on your behalf. Come show your support, while strutting your stuff across a playful spectrum of digital and analog games. RSVP on the Facebook Event and tell your hip friends!For non-Angelinos, we’ll be streaming on Twitch.tv!

Some of our Moonlighters team are part of the gang at Glitch City, a swell community of indie digital artists & game makers in LA. Join us for an evening of spectacular gamery to support an ailing indie artist in time of dire need!!! 

Funds raised will go 100% to the What’s Ailing Alex GoFundme Campaign on your behalf. Come show your support, while strutting your stuff across a playful spectrum of digital and analog games.

RSVP on the Facebook Event and tell your hip friends!
For non-Angelinos, we’ll be streaming on Twitch.tv!

Those Good Old Days BEAUTIFUL ink wash illustration that Irene did of Sid and Cora from an exercise in concepting their heyday!

Those Good Old Days

BEAUTIFUL ink wash illustration that Irene did of Sid and Cora from an exercise in concepting their heyday!

The Dragon Room 4: Studio in the Ether

Mike and Teddy, in a special meatspace Dragon Room! We talk about the techniques we use to make game development from different cities feel like game development in a traditional company office space.

SID THOMASThe Comedian Sidney Thomas was famous for being the only guy who could make fun of Julian Bell and not get thrown out of the building. More than just Bell’s closest confidant, Sid was a entertainment dynamo in his own right, packing theaters around the country for over a decade and starring in a series of hit comedy films. After several successful but ultimately doomed comedy partnerships, Sid was discovered by Bell and quickly became his go-to guy to lighten the mood or break up any fisticuffs. Select Credits: Laugh Along With Sid!  (Album, 1952) Smile with Me  (Film, 1955) Goons on the Run  (Film, 1954) Sundown Bonanza  (Film, 1959)

SID THOMAS
The Comedian

Sidney Thomas was famous for being the only guy who could make fun of Julian Bell and not get thrown out of the building. More than just Bell’s closest confidant, Sid was a entertainment dynamo in his own right, packing theaters around the country for over a decade and starring in a series of hit comedy films.

After several successful but ultimately doomed comedy partnerships, Sid was discovered by Bell and quickly became his go-to guy to lighten the mood or break up any fisticuffs.

Select Credits:

  • Laugh Along With Sid!  (Album, 1952)
  • Smile with Me  (Film, 1955)
  • Goons on the Run  (Film, 1954)
  • Sundown Bonanza  (Film, 1959)
WILL CONRADThe Dancer Will Conrad lit up Hollywood with his unique blend of dance talent and on-camera presence. With a boyish face and debonair charm, he starred in nearly every movie musical produced during his debut year of 1956. Privately, Will was known for holding himself to unrealistically high standards, but being a joy to work with. He was often called the next big thing in entertainment, but after its promising start, his career faltered as America turned away from classic musical entertainment. Select Credits:  The Baseball Kid  (Film, 1956) Somebody Like That Girl  (Film, 1956) The Singsong Coal Mine  (Film, 1957) Julian Bell Presents: Will Conrad’s Christmas Spectacular  (TV, 1957)

WILL CONRAD
The Dancer

Will Conrad lit up Hollywood with his unique blend of dance talent and on-camera presence. With a boyish face and debonair charm, he starred in nearly every movie musical produced during his debut year of 1956.

Privately, Will was known for holding himself to unrealistically high standards, but being a joy to work with. He was often called the next big thing in entertainment, but after its promising start, his career faltered as America turned away from classic musical entertainment.

Select Credits: 

  • The Baseball Kid  (Film, 1956)
  • Somebody Like That Girl  (Film, 1956)
  • The Singsong Coal Mine  (Film, 1957)
  • Julian Bell Presents: Will Conrad’s Christmas Spectacular  (TV, 1957)
JEAN MAYThe Hollywood Prodigy Jean May made her Hollywood debut with a gripping performance in Night Train to Shanghai, a role that earned an Academy Award nomination as a teenager. After growing up in the industry as its prodigy sweetheart, she made an equally impressive directorial debut in 1955, directing Julian Bell in a role that won him equal acclaim. On top of her talent, Jean was famous for her determination and commitment to her art, traits that inspired Julian Bell to take her under his wing and bolster her booming career. Select Credits: Night Train to Shanghai  (Film, 1947) Summer Fair  (Film, 1950) Head in the Clouds  (Film, 1954) Silverwood Pond  (Film [dir], 1960)

JEAN MAY
The Hollywood Prodigy

Jean May made her Hollywood debut with a gripping performance in Night Train to Shanghai, a role that earned an Academy Award nomination as a teenager. After growing up in the industry as its prodigy sweetheart, she made an equally impressive directorial debut in 1955, directing Julian Bell in a role that won him equal acclaim.

On top of her talent, Jean was famous for her determination and commitment to her art, traits that inspired Julian Bell to take her under his wing and bolster her booming career.

Select Credits:

  • Night Train to Shanghai  (Film, 1947)
  • Summer Fair  (Film, 1950)
  • Head in the Clouds  (Film, 1954)
  • Silverwood Pond  (Film [dir], 1960)

The Dragon Room 3: Cooking with Bullets

This week Mike and Teddy talk about organizing the wide variety of game mechanics that heists require in The Moonlighters, and combining them into different heist roles.

EDGAR “THE UNCANNY”The Illusionist Edgar enjoyed fame both in Hollywood and internationally, widely known as the world’s greatest magician. A devoted student of both dazzling stage magic and the mysteries of the occult, Edgar was committed to elevating the art of illusion in the entertainment industry. In the 1950s he poured his passion into the acting craft, studying method technique to achieve performances he called “illusions of persona.” With a cool temperament and carefully chosen words, Edgar became a steady advisor to Julian Bell after they met on-set. Daring onstage and mysterious offstage, he was a constant intrigue to the press. Select Credits: Puzzles of the Universe  (TV, 1949) Prince of the Sands  (Film, 1951) The Serpent’s Lair  (Film, 1954) Smoke & Mirrors  (Film, 1957)

EDGAR “THE UNCANNY”
The Illusionist

Edgar enjoyed fame both in Hollywood and internationally, widely known as the world’s greatest magician. A devoted student of both dazzling stage magic and the mysteries of the occult, Edgar was committed to elevating the art of illusion in the entertainment industry. In the 1950s he poured his passion into the acting craft, studying method technique to achieve performances he called “illusions of persona.”

With a cool temperament and carefully chosen words, Edgar became a steady advisor to Julian Bell after they met on-set. Daring onstage and mysterious offstage, he was a constant intrigue to the press.

Select Credits:

  • Puzzles of the Universe  (TV, 1949)
  • Prince of the Sands  (Film, 1951)
  • The Serpent’s Lair  (Film, 1954)
  • Smoke & Mirrors  (Film, 1957)