Brash goes out with a fascinating bang

by Justin McElroy { Dec 2nd 2008 at 8:45AM }

OK, clear the next half hour or so of your day, because you simply have to read Ben Fritz' stunning piece on the downfall of Brash (oh, you remember, it was the game studio that aimed to change the image of terrible licensed games by making horrible licensed games). For example, did you know Brash created its sales projections on Space Chimps assuming it was made by Fox animation (the house behind mega-hit Ice Age) when in fact, Fox was only releasing the film? It's true!

You owe it to yourself to see all the games Brash had in development, where its cash went, its "Wall Street" MMO and, of course, the Mickey Mouse story. With Brash officially dead, this is pure rubbernecking at the scene of the crash ... but that's not honestly going to stop you, is it?

Tags: brash, brash-entertainment, licensed-games, movies

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

AwesomeTown @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:03AM

"Brash agreed to produce videogames based on "Alvin and the Chipmunks," "Jumper" and "Space Chimps" in less than a year. The latter two were major bombs and all three were low quality"

Woah, wait a minute, people bought the Alvin and the Chipmunks game? Then again, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Mikey @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:11AM

Man, I worked at a studio last year that was run in many ways like this Brash you speak of. So glad I have a better job now and can look back and laugh. Putting all your eggs into one crappy ass basket? Stubbornly insisting you're a platinum service rather than work on new ways to improve? Yup, sounds familiar.

AJ @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:15AM

Beware of Malware at the source site!! You have been warned!

Jack of All Trades @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:24AM

Yeah, I found it amusing. I'm running on a Mac and my firefox window was "scanning" with "pc antivirus 2008". Wonderful malware site that sticks out even more to non-Windows users. Beware!

xx Beta Max xx @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:26AM

yeah what the hell, this is mac poison!!!

Hashbrown Hunter @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:31AM

psssh I don't believe YOU anymore Aqua Teen Hunger Force terror sign! You lied to me last time!

Jesse Dylan Watson @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:32AM

I agree. It really is darkly fascinating. I feel like I'm researching the occult or something. What a bizarre company.

Hashbrown Hunter @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:35AM

Well, at least it ended better than Gizmondo did.

But the Mickey Mouse thing is pretty disturbing.

xx Beta Max xx @ Dec 2nd 2008 9:40AM

As a young lad I often would submerge a Mickey Mouse doll between my pasty thighs in order to drown out my father and his insistence on pan flute lessons

ChiTownRuler23 @ Dec 2nd 2008 10:54AM

"look at me mom im on top of the fucking world!!!111!!!!!!1" -Brash

digipen89 @ Dec 2nd 2008 11:13AM

I can't even read the article. I'm constantly attacked by malware and the site changes over. What bullcrap. Probably an interesting article too. Stupid antivirusscan bullcrap.

JJ Rooster @ Dec 2nd 2008 1:41PM

I bought Jumper used for $5, it was last-gen quality and I still felt ripped off!

racingfreak92 @ Dec 2nd 2008 8:15PM

got a windows dialog box telling me to install pc anti virus, nice job joystiq

Steve Roger @ Feb 24th 2009 1:11PM

First, the Mickey Mouse story was not worth clicking on the link. It had a huge build up and no pay off whatsoever.

Second, I bought Jumper for my boys. It was literally the worst game ever made. When I read I was one of only 60,000 suckers to fall for it I basically wanted to puke. I wasted $60 bucks on this trash.

So, I am glad to see them fail. I will never buy a game for my kids again that does not have a decent review.