I've been gaming for just about as long as I can remember. I think my first gaming experience was with an old Atari 800 (XL?). You could boot this thing up and it would allow you to type in Basic. I can't rememberif it would allow me to save it or not, but I do remember that I had a big book of Basic games. I would pick one, and spend hours typing it in, hoping that I hadn't made a type in a couple hundred lines of code.

Since then I've played on just about every platform available. I'm mostly a PC gamer now, so i fondly remember my first real gaming experience on a PC. My parents bought an Apple IIc, and it came with a mouse. But the mouse was pretty new then, so the computer had software to teach you how to use the mouse. One of the tools in that software was a fly swatting game. That was some fun stuff!!

Once I got out of high school my horizons broadened a good deal. I went to school for computer animation with the intention of going to work for a game company as an artist. However, I ended up learning more about 2d graphic and web design than I did about 3d animation. When Ultima Online was released, I started stumbling across the "network sites" (Crossroads, Stratics, etc). Finally I got around to applying for work at Crossroads. They brought me on as the Site Manager for the unnamed Starwars Online game that was in the works (now known as Star Wars Galxies).

Since that time, I handed over the reigns to the SWG site and Crossroads changed to the WarCry network. I worked with them for a few years doing site design mostly, but it was about the best learning experience I've had to date. I had the chance to get my name known in the community, and at this most recent E3 I had a developer recognize my name... woo!

So that's me. I love doing this kind of work, and one day I hope to be getting paid for it. :)

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