OUYA Concept Art
A few pieces of Concept Art for an alternate spot that was never produced. While it would have been fun to see this one through, we went instead with the Tantrum Boy concept from our earlier post.
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OUYA tests our mighty stomach
Date: February 10, 2014
Category: Commercial, Fun
Tags: Adult Swim, gaming, OUYA, spinal, spine, Superjail, Tantrum, Ugly Americans, violent, Vomit
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