BUZZ
AWARDS
2005 Canadian New Media Awards
Producer of the Year (Brooke Burgess)
2005 Annual Rue-Morgue Awards
Most Innovative Concept
Telefilm Canada Grant Award 2004
New Media Production
2004 Horizon Interactive Awards
Best in Show
2003
Sundance Film Festival
Audience Award for Online Animation
Netfestival
Brazil 2003
People's Choice Award
FlashForward
2002
People's Choice Award
Best Cartoon
Flash
in the Can 2002
People's Choice Award
2001
Pixie Award Winner
Best Website that Incorporates Motion
Macromedia Showcase
Site of the Day
PRESS
WIRED
Magazine
"What
do you get when you cross Philip K. Dick with the Tibetan Book of the
Dead? Broken Saints - a brooding piece of web noir for people high on
transcendental meditation instead of amphetamines."
Entertainment
Weekly
: "Editor's Choice: Eye-popping....innovative...mesmerizing. A-"
SHIFT.com : "Broken Saints is an epic in the
truest sense...everything comes together to form a creepy, meditative
whole."Click
here to read
USA TODAY : "Broken Saints uses this
next-generation canvas to break new ground, expertly spinning a weird
tale in a style reminiscent of The Sandman comic series."
Penny Arcade : “The additions are fantastic and the extras are encyclopedic...don’t hesitate.”
Ain’t It Cool News : “In
a collage taking aspects from comic books, animation, film and prose, Broken Saints is revolutionary in style… watch with the lights out and a jaw locked.”
DIGIT Magazine : “One word can be used to describe Broken Saints. Epic.”
Flash Magazine : "This disc is a true Work of Art...We love it and highly recommend it!
Guardian
(Online) : "Lovers
of graphic novels like Sandman or Dark Knight will have plenty to sink
their teeth into in this lush, lengthy cabalistic tale...Hippy, trippy
and surprisingly grippy."
The Village Voice : "Comic-book fans are ordered to immediately check out Broken Saints!"
CBC
Radio 3: "[Broken
Saints] has survived because in creating something meaningful, the creators
have tapped into a huge audience hungry for a new kind of storytelling."
The
Web Review (ITV-UK): "A
capacious anime venture [that] puts many big budget DVD's to shame!"
Exclaim!
(Canada) : "Broken
Saints is cresting a brave new wave of small-screen entertainment"
CREATE
Magazine : "One
to watch!"
Wizard
Magazine
: "Daring...pushes Flash animations to its limits...a unique combination
of story, art, and music. It is a surreal experience that will leave visitors
wondering, 'What's so broken about it?' "
National
Public Radio
: "Impressionistic, moody, lyrical...a story about compassion and
spiritual reflection that recognizes the political and spiritual fault-lines
of the global environment."
Click
here to listen
Hollywood
Reporter
: "Creepy...Epic."
TechTv.com:
"...amazingly
beautiful and ambitious...unlike anything you can experience via any other
entertainment medium"
Netscape (france) :"The entire creation is a thing of beauty...A total success."
TIME.com: "One of the 40 Best sites
you've
never heard of!"
Corriere (Italy's National Review): "Colossal...a fascinating story. The images, sounds and effects combine perfectly. One of the most rewarding creations on the Web."
Cincinnati Post (Best of 2001):
"Incredible,
intriguing and indescribably beautiful - you pretty much have to experience
this site to understand it...it's worth the wait."
CNN.com/SCI-TECH:
"The spookiest [thing] I've seen in a while...turn down
your speakers and lay off the psychotropic drugs."
Strange
Horizons: "Broken
Saints lends itself to wild speculation at least as well as conspiracy-based
TV shows like The X-Files."
Planet
Pulp Magazine:
"I was amazed, awed, moved, excited...[Broken Saints] has taken the
art of storytelling into the new millennium!"
Scene360: ""Broken
Saints is a fantastic journey to the comic book land of storytelling."
Newsbytes
(WashingtonPost.com)
: "...some of the most outstanding Flash animation ever done...a
pretty interesting achievment."
NY1
News: "This is NO lunchtime time-waster. Creepy...thought-provoking...gorgeous."
Veritas
(Scotland's Napier University Review): "The presentation is brilliant
throughout...an experience not to be missed!"
The Vancouver Sun: "Hot!"
U8TV - NetWits:
"If you're looking for good shit on the web, this is the BEST shit
on the web...period!"
Popnuvo.com: "Broken Saints is serious entertainment
– it’s something to plan your evening around."
Askmen.com: "9/10"
Arune.com: "Mind-blowing...enthralling. Doesn't
let you go!"