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As we get closer to the election, more and more great artists feel the call to duty. As my coverage of the Obama custom action figures comes to a close with tonight’s show, I’m happy to continue the campaign with a new slew of artists who are, literally, drawn to the Democratic candidate. Sketch for Change is a project comprised of sketches by Joe Ledbetter, Tim Biskup, Amanda Visell, Jeff Soto, Bob Dob, Gary Baseman, Thomas Han, Shag, Glenn Barr, Luke Chueh and about a dozen other artists c
Paul Reiche III founder and CEO Fred Ford Technical Director
Industry
Video games
Products
Star Control, Star Control II, The Horde, Pandemonium, The Unholy War, Little Witching Mischiefs, 102 Dalmatians, Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure, Madagascar, Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam
Revenue
unknown
Employees
45
Website
http://www.toysforbob.com/
Toys For Bob is a small video game developer founded in 1989 by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford. They are most known for creating Star Control and its sequel Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters, but they were not involved in the development of Star Control 3. After this they went on to create a number of games for Crystal Dynamics, including the hectic combination of action and strategy, The Horde, Pandemonium and The Unholy War (as well as Little Witching Mischiefs in Japan for Bandai).
This relationship with Crystal Dynamics ended in 2002. The company was bought by Activision on May 3, 2005, and is now a wholly owned subsidiary. The management team and employees have all signed long-term contracts with Activision, which is owned by Vivendi, and Toys For Bob will remain in place in Novato, California. They recently completed working on Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam for Nintendo's Wii console and revealed that they are currently working on a sequel to one of the games they had made before, excepting Star Control and Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure.
The name Toys for Bob has no particular meaning; it was chosen just because the founders liked it.
Notes and references
^ ab Activision purchases Toys for Bob. Locker Gnome (2005-04-03). Retrieved on 2007-12-29.
^ See this IRC chatlog, search for "we're working".
^ See this log of Fred Ford's mails to fans.
External links
Toys For Bob official website
Toys For Bob game overview from MobyGames
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