Uncategorized 08 Sep 2022 Hidden Role Podcast: Aaron Muderick invented Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty! Hidden Role: The Brains Behind your Favorite Games --- Creating a business from scratch is hard enough - but manufacturing the product, distributing it, AND running the company, all after quitting your job to pursue a dream? Sounds pretty crazy...… Branson Faustini
Uncategorized 08 Sep 2022 Hidden Role Podcast: Marjorie Spitalnik’s success story, Little Rebels! Listen to Marjorie Spitalnik, activist and Founder & CEO of Little Rebels, details her journey to make her toy line a reality; fighting sexism, highlighting lack of awareness of mental health, and spotlighting heroic women of history. Keep up with… Branson Faustini
Uncategorized 08 Sep 2022 Hidden Role Podcast: Randy Klimpert Invented Battle Armor He-Man! In this episode, Randy Klimpert, toy inventor and Chief Creative Officer at Creata, tells us how he invented Hot Wheels Crack Ups and Battle Armor He-Man while working at the legendary design firm Marvin Glass & Associates. Hidden Role Podcast… Branson Faustini
Uncategorized 08 Sep 2022 Hidden Role Podcast: Tanya Thompson is Hasbro’s Game Scout! Tanya Thompson, Senior Director of Design Innovation and Inventor Relations at Hasbro, gives incredible insights on how to pitch your toy or game and stand out in a sea of ideas. Branson Faustini
Uncategorized 08 Sep 2022 Hidden Role Podcast: Dan Klitsner Invented Bop It! Dan Klitsner breaks down his creative process and takes us on a Bop It journey. The beloved toy is fast approaching its 25th anniversary (at the time of this release). How did he take Bop It from an idea bopping… Branson Faustini
Uncategorized 08 Sep 2022 Hidden Role Podcast: Matthew Lillard makes Dungeons & Dragons loot! Actor and entrepreneur Matthew Lillard knows how to turn a passion into a fulfilling career. He's best known for his roles films like Scream, Scooby Doo, and SLC Punk, but in recent years he's also become a tabletop roleplaying game… Branson Faustini
Uncategorized 11 Oct 2019 We’re all on the Same Boat The phrase, “we’re all in the same boat” has new meaning for me after taking part in the inaugural Ocean Plastic Leadership Summit. As a first-of-its-kind expedition, SoulBuffalo compiled more… David Yakos
Uncategorized 15 Jun 2018 Long Cow Game Review by Brainy Chick, Kim Vandenbroucke Our friend, Kim Vandebroucke, the Brainy Chick from The Game Aisle reviewed our new game, Long Cow, released by Gamewright… admin
Uncategorized 15 Nov 2017 How to be a Game Inventor Our good friends at ThinkFun wrote this awesome post about what it takes to invent games. As David and some of our amazing invention-friends had developed products for ThinkFun, we… admin
Uncategorized 31 Oct 2017 Laser Cut Birdman Costume One handy tool for prototyping is a laser cutter. At Salient, we use our laser to cut wood, plastic, cardboard and fabric for testing, prototypes and golden samples. However, with… David Yakos