To promote the new Colorado Lottery Monopoly Scratch game, Cactus teamed up with the famed animation studio Laika/House and Fantastic Mr. Fox Director Mark Gustafson to create a stop-motion spot where the iconic Monopoly game pieces come to life and work together to get to the new Colorado Lottery Monopoly Scratch ticket that someone left on the counter.

Cactus has been selected in the prestigious AIGA 365/31 Design Competition for their Denver Center Theatre Company 2009-10 Season Poster Series. The AIGA Annual 365 is widely recognized as one of the most discerning chronicles of design excellence in the world.

On May 16, the Colorado Lottery will launch the new mega Jackpot game Mega Millions. With a minimum jackpot of $12 million, Mega Millions joins Powerball to give Colorado residents four chances a week to win huge jackpots. The Colorado Lottery is kicking off the Mega Millions campaign with countdown TV spots running every day until the 16th. The spots feature Mega Millions and Powerball road tripping to Colorado. The work is from Cactus, Denver.

Senior art director Matt Chiabotti took time out to relax with two soul-stealers on the set of our latest Colorado Lottery TV shoot. We can't give away the spot, but let's just say their performance was deadpan. They totally killed. Get it? Funny! (Side note: We're sorry to report the copywriter on the shoot was killed horrifically in a freak craft services/Sterno accident. But at least he died doing what he loved -- eating catered lunches.)

A quick look at our 2nd Annual Bike From Work Bash. Thanks to all of our partners and the 1200 bike-lovers that helped make it a bad ass party. -The Cacti

Adam Richman and the crew from The Travel Channel's Man vs. Food were in town not long ago. Adam got his hands on a t-shirt Cactus designed for our good friends at Rocky Mountain Recorders. He sported the shirt while filming a small bit on Banjo Billy's Bus Tour.

On Wednesday, June 23rd- a.k.a. Bike to Work Day- Cactus hosted the second annual Bike From Work Bash in celebration of Denver's bike culture. We'd like to thank the 1200 people who showed up to party with us and support BikeDenver. Big thanks to Illegal Pete’s, Anthony’s Pizza, Bike Denver, Salvagetti, Breckenridge Brewery, Clif Bar, The Denver Egotist, The Denver Cruisers, Yellow Designs, Denver Mallet Mafia, and The Infinite Monkey Theorem for making our bash rock.

Everyone's invited to Bike From Work Bash on June 23rd in our parking lot. Just don't try and come inside.

Periodically, Danielle, our broadcast producer and earth lover, shares her insights into ways for all of us to live more sustainable lives. After all, Cacti are completely dependent on things like clean water, air, and soil. Despite our immense creative powers, we haven't devised a way to replace this planet... so we had better take care of the one we have. Today's topic: Cellphone Recycling

ARTCRANK, an international showcase of bicycle-inspired original poster artwork, has selected Drew Dahlman, Cactus' crazy talented interactive designer to participate in the Denver show.

As constant explorers of new ideas, we are easily drawn in by flashy things. Social Media is a vast untamed frontier where seemingly anything is possible. Location based services, augmented reality, the leading edge of marketing today is yesterday's science fiction. But can it make money?

This didn't really come from Apple, but it does illustrate the point. For those of you who don't recognize the icon, it is what displays on an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or other mobile device when it encounters a flash element. So we have no idea what it represents. Is it a heart or something a little less friendly?