Tommy Refenes was born on the battlefield on June 14th, 1981 to his
mother, a USMC Sergent, and his father, an Abrams-M1 Tank. Tommy was
trained in CQC and learned to survive on his own as a mercenary. After
stealing a truckload of Packard Bell computers back in the mid 90's,
Tommy accidentally turned one on and instantly knew everything about
programming. In May 2006 Tommy founded PillowFort and created Goo!,
which earned an IGF Technical Excellence nomination, grand prize in
the 2008 Intel Game Demo contest for Best Threaded Game and finished
3rd for Best Game on Intel Graphics.
A response to countless emails I get because of Indie Game: The Movie and Super Meat Boy asking "How do I get started programming games?". I hope it helps.
Yea I thought about DRM being implemented for peace of mind. I am personally of thinking that locks don 't keep people out and that if someone wants to steal something out of my house bad enough, no lock will ever keep them out. But that 's just how I ...
Shay, you made the right choice for sure. Great article, its one of the only ones I 've read to completion in the last few months. Best of luck with everything.
