1. What is it you do on a daily basis?
I implement game play on the server-side for systems related to RvR, Campaigns, and Cities.
2. What is your background? College? Degree? 1st game industry job? Have you worked anywhere else?
I graduated a while ago with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and I'm working on a Master's of Science. I was a 'normal' sort of programmer entrenched within the applications' industry for over seven years when I managed to get my first games industry job at EALA. I only managed to make the switch because I had a friend there already. In my opinion, it is very difficult to switch industries as an established software engineer. In the past, I've worked for a defense contractor, for an Internet start-up, and also for an entertainment company.
3. What was your "welcome to the game industry" moment when it hit you that you were really making games for a living?
When I realized I had switched from being the youngest in the company (at whichever I was at) to one of the oldest.
4. What are your hopes/goals for the game?
I'm a bit of a nerd, so my hopes and goals for the game are simply to lay down the foundation for a proper framework and support for my future ideal online game. (As a hint: it would involve cognitive science advancing quite a bit so cables are no longer the medium through which we connect ourselves and computers are no longer the nodes on such a network.)
5. What is the biggest problem with current MMO's you hope to fix with WAR?
The worlds are too static. To be honest, I'm not sure any MMO will fix this problem in the foreseeable future. The ones that are purely player-content-driven seem to lack direction, as well.
6. What are your favorite video/computer games of all time? What game should the reader be playing if he's not?
Virtua Fighter and the entire Final Fantasy series
7. What music are you listening to right now?
Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Coldplay, Madonna, Timbaland, etc.
8. Is there a recent movie you've seen or book/comic you read that you'd recommend to others?
Watch "The Dark Knight" and read Neil Gaiman's Sandman series.
9. Anything else you want to add?
Elicit motivation and passion from within; do not look externally for them. "You lived what anybody gets. You got a lifetime. No more. No less."
