Dan Paladin

He began collaborating with Newgrounds creator Tom Fulp and in the early 2000's designed several Flash-based browser games: Sack Smash 2001, Chainsaw the Children, Dad n' Me, and, most notably, Alien Hominid.

[2] In 2002, he, Fulp, John Baez, and Brandon LaCava founded the video game company The Behemoth.

He also composed the polka-style closing credits tune for the Cyanide & Happiness animated shorts.

[5] Paladin lives in San Diego, California, where The Behemoth is located.

[6] Castle Crashers, a game Paladin is credited as the art director of, won two awards in Independent Games Festival 2007: "Excellence In Visual Art" and "Audience Award".