Mass Media Games

Background

The core staff of Mass Media first formed "Philips P.O.V. Entertainment Group" in 1991, but left in 1995 to Time Warner Interactive. When the latter was shut down, Mass Media became independent until February 2007, when it was acquired by THQ. It was shut down in November 2008, although the company started back up immediately, focusing on developing for Sony platforms, including the PlayStation 3.

(September 30, 1999-October 14, 2008)

Logo: On a black background, the camera fades in and moves back from a purple elephant moving its head, balancing barely on a tube TV set. One of its feet slip off the TV before repositioning itself, and then blows its trunk, which causes the TV to turn on to static. Several scanners then wipe in the text "mass media" in a pink generic font with a dot in the middle. The entire logo then glows white, freezing the logo and turning the text into 3D silver text with the dot turning purple.

Variants:

A still version exists. The letters here are much darker and smaller. A black and white version appears on The Simpsons: Skateboarding.
On The Bible Game, the logo starts out black and white, and becomes more color-saturated by the end.

FX/SFX: The elephant moving, the TV noise and rays creating the logo.

Music/Sounds: Some crickets and other jungle sounds, the elephant blowing its trunk, and several static sounds with a whoosh.

Music/Sounds Variant: On The Bible Game, different jungle sounds are heard, the elephant blows its trunk at a higher pitch, and the static sounds at the end are different.

Availability: Can be found on games like Pac-Man Fever and Muppets Party Cruise, among others. The still version appears on Namco Museum for the Game Boy Advance and N64.