INNOVATIVE DIGITAL STUDIO ANNOUNCES MOVE TO ASHEVILLE, NC

Asheville, NC – Curious Sense, in conjunction with the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville Buncombe County, is pleased to announce its relocation to the city of Asheville from the Research Triangle of North Carolina. Curious Sense designs digital games, social media, mobile apps, virtual worlds, and online communities for the media and entertainment industry.
Curious Sense chose to re-locate to Asheville based on the area’s quality of life, its rich cultural and creative heritage, and for the beauty of this region of North …

360-Degree Deals for Fans
Ad Agencies Provide Lessons On Connecting With Consumers
BY ADAM BLUMENTHAL, Curious Sense, Chief Strategist

Technology and innovation have forever altered the relationship that consumers have to content and have reduced the control that the music industry wields over how music is heard and bought.
With such easy access to immeasurable volumes of music online, consumers place less value on the traditional recorded music product than they used to. It may not seem fun now, but it will …

Find Your Own Way Home, featuring REO Speedwagon, is the first game of its kind developed with a rock band. An interactive story adventure game, FYOWH offers the player opportunities to unlock never-released music, win concert tickets, and play with music in new ways. The Game has been widely recognized as an innovation in music marketing.

SXSW 2010, Music Licensing & Emerging Media

One of the world’s biggest and most anticipated convergence events of all things music, film and interactive, SXSW is in its 25th year. South by Southwest (SXSW) is an annual event that takes place in Austin, Texas. By day – discussions, demos, debates, at night, hundreds of musical acts from around the globe all over Austin.
Adam Blumenthal, Curious Sense CEO, spoke about the new types of digital products Curious Sense creates with licensed entertainment content, and the benefits of both revenue and measurable …

With the rise of the iPhone/iPod Touch apps, the popularity of the Wii and DS, and the huge boom of Facebook gaming, gaming is more ubiquitous than ever.

Why are games everywhere?”
Excerpts from the Panel Discussion at the 2010 Triangle Game Conference
April 2010
…Part of it was that more people simply had a gamer’s brain, said Blumenthal. More people had grown up in the age of Atari – in the age of the videogame…
…The future of gaming “may not be Facebook,” said Blumenthal, “but it will be social … Facebook …