Interview: Planet Moon’s Loeb Talks Original IP, Skeletons Eating Onions

[This Mathew Kumar-penned interview ran on Gama yesterday, but is worth a reprint here on GSW cos, really, Planet Moon are one of the more intriguing small console developers around - heck, Aaron Loeb even writes plays about game violence - and they have a canny worldview on how to (try to) do things different.]
Developer of the just-released Battle of the Bands for Wii, published by THQ, Planet Moon - founded in 1997 by some of the ex-Shiny veterans who helped created MDK, is one of the more quirkily interesting Bay Area game creators.
In particular, a history of offbeat humor has permeated original IP Planet Moon action titles such as Giants: Citizen Kabuto and Armed And Dangerous.
More recently, the company has worked on titles including Infected and After Burner Black Falcon for PSP - as well as Smarty Pants for Electronic Arts and Battle Of The Bands […]

Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) and software by Elliott Back