It was the Perfect Stangers game that ultimately led to Oda's most recent bit of playable viral marketing: Skrillex Quest. "I think it's the greatest theme song ever, it makes you think all of your dreams are going to come true when you hear it. Oda said he settled on Perfect Strangers for his annual game because he thought it would spark some attention and because he also loved the song. I adore what you have done with this and feel such delight that you are trying to help people make their dreams come true." "It is such a positive, light-filled, wondrous piece of work, so inventive, so wildly creative that I had to write a quick note to thank you for your take on the message that we were lucky enough to be a part of years ago. "Your game seems to have created quite the buzz," she wrote. Melanie Wilson, who played Larry's girlfriend, wrote Oda as well. Bronson Pinchot, who played Balki, complained on TMZ about how his pants looked in the game. ![]() Mark Linn-Baker, the show's cousin Larry, wrote Oda to say he loved the game. The odd, out-of-left-field game became an overnight Internet sensation, even drawing the attention of three of the show's stars. After typing in your dream, players control Balki as he runs through a colorful series of settings picking up stars, all with the song playing in the background. The game has players chasing their dreams to the theme music of 80s to 90s popular sitcom Perfect Strangers. ![]() Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now is the perfect blend of kitsch and cute. That's what landed him in a one-man career turning music, kitty litter and price-checking sites into online diversions. When he's not getting paid to make promotional games, he spends his time developing games meant to promote his talent and unusual take on pop culture. ![]() His 50 or so creations ping-pong between the mundane (games created to showcase or Meow Mix) and the surreal (playable experiences developed for bands like Fall Out Boy and Breaking Benjamin.) It's the creation of Jason Oda, an artist who stumbled into a job making web games that double as viral advertising. Skrillex Quest is part music video, part viral advertising, part video game, but most noticeably it's moving, churning, interactive pop art that masquerades as all three. It's not that I'm suddenly into the fractured cacophony of, say, "The Devil's Den," it's that I can't stop playing the Skrillex web browser game. At least I didn't think I was, but I've spent hours over the past week listening and relistening to the looping tracks from his 2011 Bangarang album. I'm not a fan of club musician and dubstep cynosure Skrillex.
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