Geek of the Week: 04/03/98
April 3, 1998
Vol. 2: Issue 14
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Nick
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GamaGeek Summary:
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Think you've got what it takes?
[Become a Geek]
Want more?
[Previous Geek]
| Current Project: | |
| Come on - if I told you it wouldn't be a secret. But it's on the PlayStation. | |
| Credits: | |
| Duke Nukem / PlayStation (Team Leader [and] Tea-boy). 30 other games going all the way back to 1982, when mammoth roamed the earth, and multimedia meant nothing at all | |
| Why I Got Into the Industry: | |
| It filled in the time between classes. I thought I could write games and get my grades... I was *wrong*. Hey kids, writing games messes you up - just say NO to C. | |
| Plans for CGDC 98: | |
| I'll be hard at work making tea somewhere else. | |
| Favorite Type of Game: | |
| rearranging-falling-blocks-in-monochrome type | |
| Favorite Current Game: | |
| Tetris | |
| Favorite Game of all Time: | |
| Erm, Tetris? | |
| Favorite Geek Food: | |
| Fish finger sandwich | |
| Favorite Geek Beverage: | |
| still water (what, *still* water?) | |
| Favorite Non-Geek Activity: | |
| Pardon? | |
| Pet Peeve: | |
| Compiler bugs. No, wait: misleading documentation. No, wait: restaurants with poor lighting. No, wait: forms that are too narrow to answer the |
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| Why I Joined Gamasutra: | |
| My phone bill wasn't large enough (it's a European thing, you wouldn't understand). | |
| Favorite GamaSection: | |
| All the in-depth articles on 67 nested pages. | |
| Favorite Geeky Dream: | |
| All the producers I'd ever worked with were arranging my birthday party in a brewery. "Guess I'll be safe to drive home", I said. And then I woke up. | |
| Quote: | |
| "Yo Larry, I've got this great idea for a game - it's Cheech and Chong meets Cherry 2000, in space. Whaddya mean, Virgin already have the rights? Sheesh! Some luck I have!" |