{"id":1467,"date":"2007-10-23T20:58:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national"},"modified":"2007-10-23T20:58:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-23T20:58:00","slug":"rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Studios Talk Cars Mater-National"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_nIqrDPD-Np8\/Rx3XfQs_IxI\/AAAAAAAAAzA\/g4j0KxMdWNw\/s1600-h\/cars-mater-national-20070712080113838.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; \" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_nIqrDPD-Np8\/Rx3XfQs_IxI\/AAAAAAAAAzA\/g4j0KxMdWNw\/s200\/cars-mater-national-20070712080113838.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/games\/2007\/10\/qa-cars-mater-n.html\">Wired News<\/a> sat down with Ken George (Executive Producer) and Mark Buchignani (Lead Designer) at Rainbow Studios, the studio which developed the hit game, <em>Cars<\/em> last year for <span class=\"caps\">THQ<\/span> and Disney\/Pixar, and who just made <em>Cars Mater-National<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>They discuss what pressures there were creating a follow-up to <em>Cars<\/em>, do you take a new direction with the game or give the same back as that&#8217;s what worked and working with licensed brands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/games\/2007\/10\/qa-cars-mater-n.html\">It&#8217;s a good interview<\/a>, and gives a nice insight into the pressures there are when developing a game, especially a licensed brand game such as <em>Cars<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Wired News sat down with Ken George (Executive Producer) and Mark Buchignani (Lead Designer) at Rainbow Studios, the studio which developed the hit game, Cars last year for THQ and Disney\/Pixar, and who just made Cars Mater-National. They discuss what pressures there were creating a follow-up to Cars, do you take a new direction with &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,15,2,46],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rainbow Studios Talk Cars Mater-National - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rainbow Studios Talk Cars Mater-National - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wired News sat down with Ken George (Executive Producer) and Mark Buchignani (Lead Designer) at Rainbow Studios, the studio which developed the hit game, Cars last year for THQ and Disney\/Pixar, and who just made Cars Mater-National. They discuss what pressures there were creating a follow-up to Cars, do you take a new direction with &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/upcomingpixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-10-23T20:58:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/placeholderfeatured.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"602\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"281\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Thomas Huxley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@upcomingpixar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@upcomingpixar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Thomas Huxley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/\",\"name\":\"Rainbow Studios Talk Cars Mater-National - Upcoming Pixar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-10-23T20:58:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-10-23T20:58:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8051c9ef0d7a8f01cbba229cc3640eb8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rainbow Studios Talk Cars Mater-National\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Upcoming Pixar\",\"description\":\"A Pixar News Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8051c9ef0d7a8f01cbba229cc3640eb8\",\"name\":\"Thomas Huxley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Thomas Huxley\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/author\/thomas-huxley\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rainbow Studios Talk Cars Mater-National - Upcoming Pixar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rainbow Studios Talk Cars Mater-National - Upcoming Pixar","og_description":"Wired News sat down with Ken George (Executive Producer) and Mark Buchignani (Lead Designer) at Rainbow Studios, the studio which developed the hit game, Cars last year for THQ and Disney\/Pixar, and who just made Cars Mater-National. They discuss what pressures there were creating a follow-up to Cars, do you take a new direction with &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/","og_site_name":"Upcoming Pixar","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/upcomingpixar","article_published_time":"2007-10-23T20:58:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":602,"height":281,"url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com\/upcomingpixar\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/placeholderfeatured.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Thomas Huxley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@upcomingpixar","twitter_site":"@upcomingpixar","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Thomas Huxley","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/","url":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/","name":"Rainbow Studios Talk Cars Mater-National - Upcoming Pixar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-10-23T20:58:00+00:00","dateModified":"2007-10-23T20:58:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8051c9ef0d7a8f01cbba229cc3640eb8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/rainbow-studios-talk-cars-mater-national\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rainbow Studios Talk Cars Mater-National"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/","name":"Upcoming Pixar","description":"A Pixar News Blog","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8051c9ef0d7a8f01cbba229cc3640eb8","name":"Thomas Huxley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Thomas Huxley"},"url":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/author\/thomas-huxley\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/upcomingpixar.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/placeholderfeatured-600x281.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/upcomingpixar.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/placeholderfeatured-600x281.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Thomas Huxley","author_link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/author\/thomas-huxley\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}