# Sakebomb

> Sakebomb is a small, privately held Los Angeles new-media studio founded by Greg Shewchuk and Paul Hastings in 1998. It paired web design and development with animation, games, mobile apps, ecommerce and original content, working mainly around films, music, streetwear and skateboarding. Its surviving portfolio reads like a compact history of the commercial web: Being John Malkovich experiments, Flash-heavy movie campaigns, a Undefeated store and an early Mad Decent iPhone app.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Founders:** Greg Shewchuk (Co-founder), Paul Hastings (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Website conception, design and development, Flash animation and browser games, Original digital content, Ecommerce development, iPhone app design and programming
- **Notable:** Built the official Being John Malkovich site, which the company identified as its first major job., Created official digital campaigns for Mean Girls, Team America: World Police, Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, Let's Go to Prison and Role Models., Reported that the Mean Girls site reached one million hits per day before the film's release.

## Products & services

- **Website conception, design and development** — End-to-end campaign, corporate, artist and ecommerce websites, including creative concepts, interface design, PHP and database work.
- **Flash animation and browser games** — Interactive entertainment campaigns, video players, games and animated experiences for film and media clients.
- **Original digital content** — Short-form comedy, editorial features, video and campaign concepts designed to make a site itself worth visiting.
- **Ecommerce development** — Online storefront design and implementation, represented in the archived portfolio by Undefeated's store.
- **iPhone app design and programming** — Mobile apps and experimental games, including a free Mad Decent DJ app and Jet Pack Monkey.

## Achievements

- Built the official Being John Malkovich site, which the company identified as its first major job.
- Created official digital campaigns for Mean Girls, Team America: World Police, Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, Let's Go to Prison and Role Models.
- Reported that the Mean Girls site reached one million hits per day before the film's release.
- Reported work on campaigns associated with more than $500 million in revenue; the figure is a company claim, not an audited result.
- Expanded from Flash-era web production into ecommerce, PHP/database development and iPhone apps.
- Maintained an early satellite workspace in Shibuya, Tokyo, alongside its Los Angeles base.

## Latest updates

- **2011-10** — A Bushmills profile identified Paul Hastings as Sakebomb's co-founder and named Mad Decent and Universal Pictures among the studio's clients.
- **2018-11** — The company homepage had been reduced to a blank black page carrying only the Sakebomb title.
- **2020-05** — An archived WordPress installation published a generic placeholder post rather than a substantive company update.
- **2026-09** — The live website remains a nearly empty black page; LinkedIn still describes the company as a privately held Los Angeles graphic-design business founded in 1998.

## Links

- Website: http://www.sakebomb.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sakebomb

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