Headbone Interactive
Headbone Interactive, Inc. was an American children-oriented multimedia company located in Seattle, Washington founded around 1993-1994 by Susan Lammers and her husband Walter Euyang. The company folded in October 2000 when their official website went offline.
History
Susan Lammers graduated from Stanford University in 1979. After working for Microsoft for around 8 years, she formed with her husband Headbone Interactive, investing her own money to create and design edutainment CD-ROMs for children. In 1995, the first title, Elroy Goes Bugzerk, was released. It was followed by a sequel, Elroy Hits the Pavement, in 1996. Around that same time, a collection of software called The Gigglebone Gang was created. Four titles were released under that collection (see below). In 1997, a educative and creative website, the Headbone Zone, was created. Around 1998, however, Headbone Interactive leaves the CD-ROM business, citing mediocre success despite the rave reviews of 8 titles and cuts down its staff. Also, that same year, Headbone began creating televing programming by creating their television department Headbone Television. Lammers will leave the company a few months later. In 1999, two television series produced by Headbone began to air: first, "Fidgetmore Academy" on Fox Family, then "Hugo Takes a D-Tour" on Discovery Kids. Headbone is purchased by Bonus.com in 2000 and shuts down in October of that same year as the Headbone Zone website goes offline.
Work by Headbone Interactive
Games
- Elroy Goes Bugzerk (1995)
- The Gigglebone Gang: Pantsylvania (1995)
- The Gigglebone Gang: Alphabonk Farm (1995)
- Elroy Hits the Pavement (1996)
- The Gigglebone Gang: Infinity City (1996)
- Iz and Auggie: Escape from Dimension Q (1996)
- The Gigglebone Gang World Tour (1997)
TV Series
- Fidgetmore Academy (1999, 13x3 minutes) Fox Family Channel
- Hugo Takes a D-Tour (1999, 10x1 minute) Discovery Kids