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We’re proud to announce that Myke Chilian will be voicing the Mayor! Also officially announcing here that his full name is “Mayor Rhubarb”.

Myke is a multi-talented animator, writer, actor and musician.  You might have heard his voice recently as the title character of his own hilariously wacky Cartoon Network pilot “Tiggle Winks”.  He was also a storyboard artist and writer for Uncle Grandpa and has created his own shorts for Channel 101 such as McBusters.  In 2014 Myke collaborated with popular cult band GWAR to create the official “Animated Tales of GWAR” with the band doing the voices.  Myke works closely with his friend Justin Roiland at his video game company Squanchtendo and is responsible for designing the style and main cast of Rick & Morty (also the ORIGINAL Doc and Mharti).

Myke is also a dedicated part of “weirdo/folk-core/goo-core/punk/metal” band The Manx, where he writes, sings and plays accordion.

A hilarious guy in person, Myke has his own natural brand of humor,  which shines through when he voices Rhubarb.  There’s no doubt he brought a great sense of “Mayor-ness” to this little jackalope.  

Check out Myke’s tumblr

Tiggle Winks

Animated Tales of GWAR McBusters (Ep 1) (Ep 2) (Ep 3)

The Manx

Squanch it up!

“Last month, Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland announced that he was partnering with Epic Games veteran Tanya Watson to launch a games studio focused on high-quality VR experiences. Today, Squanchtendo (yes, that’s their actual name) announces their first project: a game called Accounting, which Roiland is designing in collaboration with The Stanley Parable designer William Pugh.

"William lied to me and said he worked at [Titanfall 2 developer] Respawn," Roiland told Polygon at PAX West earlier this month. "I was in the building where Respawn's offices were, and I wanted a tour. I was like, ‘Oh my god, maybe if I tweet, somebody [at Respawn] will see it and give me a tour.’"

There was only one problem with this: William Pugh doesn’t work at Respawn. William Pugh has never worked at Respawn. Willliam Pugh doesn’t even work in the same country as Respawn. Currently, William Pugh directs his own small game studio called Crows Crows Crows, built to create experimental games like Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist, which it released for free last year.

"I immediately followed him, and I direct messaged him, and I'm like, ‘Oh my god, I'm right here! I'm like in the lobby!’" said Roiland. "And he's like "Listen, I don't ... I'm so sorry, I don't actually work at Respawn. But I'm a huge fan of Rick and Morty."

"I found out who he was, and I had already played and loved The Stanley Parable, so I was like, ‘Oh my god! Dude, I'm a huge fan!’" said Roiland. "And it was like this ... weird switcheroonie, y'know, like, ‘I don't work at Respawn, but I made this game.’"

The rest is history. After their chance Twitter meeting, Pugh and Roiland flew out to Los Angeles and spent a week jamming out a game idea: prototyping it, recording all the dialogue, and running back and forth between them to implement it.

The result: Accounting, a surreal, laugh-out-loud HTC Vive game that sees you putting on a VR mask and exploring surreal, unpredictable room-scale worlds, most of which consist of Roiland and Pugh screaming hilarious improvised dialogue at you. You’ll later find another VR headset within that world and then go one layer deeper to begin the cycle anew.

ACCOUNTING