Running the Mile Episode 2 - Jude Buffum

Summary: Paul opens the show with a very short intro.  There are no burning social issues that we wanted to address this week.  But Paul does announce that runningthemile.com did go online in the last week, and that there has been a major upgrade to the show's sound production with the addition of a Blue Snowball microphone.Jude joins us via Skype at just past the 5 minute mark and begins recalling his early childhood memories and how he and his family shared the early 80's video game experience thanks to his grandfather's job as a plastics purchaser for CalecoVision.  Then we talk about Jude's early art, and how a terrible critic by Joe Soren led him down the path he's on now as a graphic designer.We talked about politics in arts, and a few of Jude's specific pieces, as well as some of the commercial work he's done.  We discuss a series he did on the tropes of women in gaming.  Then we discuss growing up with a brother who also found his way into pixel art.Last week's interview with Jim Wing is still available at http://runningthemile.podbean.com, and next week I'll be talking to Jude's brother Levi.Levi Buffum is a pixel artist who focuses more on music and videos.  His tribute to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog was retweeted by most of the Wedonverse, including Felicia Day and Neil Patrick Harris and lead to work with College Humor.  Most recently, he recreated Philadelphia from the Schuylkill River to I-95 in Lego bricks.Links:Jude's website - http://www.judebuffum.comJude's Behance - https://www.behance.net/judebuffumJoe Soren - http://joesorrenart.com/Women vs Tropes in Gaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZPSrwedvsgiam8bit - http://iam8bit.com/Gallery 1988 - http://nineteeneightyeight.com/Jude's brother Levi's website - http://www.doctoroctoroc.com