Gamer Profile: Richard Garriott
Richard Garriott de Cayeux is an English-American video game developer and entrepreneur. He is also known as his alter egos Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa.
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Notables Gamers
Here you will find those special gamers that cross over various categories, some may be professional gamers with world records that also have their own game studios and have celebrity status. These gamers are dynamic, not to say the others are not, but they stand out on their own and are featured under their own section titled, Notable Gamers.
Gamer Profile: Walter Day
Walter Aldro Day, Jr. is an American businessman, historian, and the founder of Twin Galaxies, a video game related company. Day is an authority on video game scorekeeping records who in 2010 retired from the industry to pursue a career in music.
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Profiled: Judy L. Tyrer
When you have a passion for games that stays with you your entire life and the drive and focus to peruse what you want in life you can achieve great things. That was just one of the many things we learned in our extended conversation with Judy Tyrer.
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Profiled: Derek Smart
When you have a chance to talk with someone who created over 17 games you’re going to want to pick his brain on the state of gaming today in comparison to gaming in the past. Derek and his independent game development company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida has developed a number of games from Battlecruiser 3000AD to the current Line of Defense MMO which can be found on Steam Early Access. We talked with Derek about his early days, including what influenced him to get into game development and the struggles one can go through when creating their first game. We also talked a little about GamersGate and the evolution and near extinction of the video game manual. We even talked about the rumor of Derek purchasing the IP of the Decent Freespace license.
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Profiled: Brad Smith
Gamer Profiles heads to the great white north to talk with developer, Brad Smith on his latest project titled, Lizard. His Kickstarter brings us a cool platformer for the NES where you explore an 8-bit world while wearing a lizard for a true retro inspired adventure. Brad has been a fan of classic games all his life from Metroid 2 on the Gameboy to Prince of Persia on the PC. Brad is also a fan of video game music and began creating his own music own music for the Nintendo.
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Gamer Profile: Carrie Swidecki
There was something cute about those twin dragons Bub and Bob that hooked me into the game. Plus I loved the simplicity of the graphics and the background music. This was the 1st game that I became obsess with getting both a high score and trying to complete the game. I would blow bubbles against the wall in between moving up levels and killing enemies to get max points. I would restart the game if I missed any bonus food items on a level to max my score. Bubble Bobble is also the 1st game that I stayed up all night long, so I could make it to the 100th level to complete the game. It is the only game that I have fully completed on Nintendo and I was 10 years old!! I like to say it’s the game that made me a hardcore gamer!!
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Gamer Profile: Stephen Barton
I loved 3D Monster Maze on the Spectrum ZX, but Doom really reset the bar entirely. The soundtrack was awesome (especially given the resources available), but what really got me hooked was that it was the first game I ever played involving a network. That you could be on one computer and playing someone on an entirely different computer in a different room with just a null modem cable between the two, before we even had an internet connection – that was special.
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Profiled: Daryl Rodriguez & Jeanette Garcia
World 1-1 is the first in a documentary series on the history of video games. This chapter is about the early years including Atari and how they helped to create a new industry. It focuses on the business deals, the personalities of the pioneers, and the creations of the engineers. This documentary will be a combination of interviews, archival footage, and reflection that retells the story to a new generation that may not know the roots of their favorite hobby
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The Gamers of Origin PC
The fall of 1993 was when I really began paying attention to PC games when my uncle purchased DOOM for his PC, I was completely hooked on that game. Consoles introduced me to gaming the PC has kept me here.
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Gamer Profile: Patrick Scott Patterson
“It requires quick reaction, higher level thinking and tons of levels.”
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JerseyJosh: Game Casa
Zelda was the first game that got me to think and prove I was the smartest. Beating that game was my greatest accomplishment until the first time I got to second base.
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Arthur Lewis: Alienware
So this gamer profile is a bit different, Arthur Lewis was kind enough to talk with J.A. Laraque at E3 about his love of classic video games. Click below for the audio interview.
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Kevin Wasielewski: Origin PC
We caught up with Kevin at E3 to talk to him about his love of Classic gaming. Check out the interview link below.
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Grace Snoke: Video Game Scoreboard
I think it was because it had a story to it. There was a reason for you to explore the land and find everything. It made you think and starting that at age 9 or 10 or so…It made me fall in love with the entire Zelda series.
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Glen McNamee: Obscure Internet
By the geniuses at Sensible software it’s a game I still play it regularly today, because the game play is fantastic, there is still is absolute no other game like it. It’s weirdest games ever, a stroke of mad genius, featuring screaming cats, hostile geometric shapes, and drops of paint firing bullets at you, flith raids, and a brilliant and original soundtrack.
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Catherine Welch: Game Casa.net
Because of the great memories with friends and the catchy intro song..lol girl answer..as far as Oregon Trail, I loved the hunting..getting kids ready to play Cabela’s Grand Slam Hunting!
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J.A. Laraque: Obsolete Gamer
I remember watching my friend play it and it was so much fun to watch. I could sit there for hours watching him play and to me that says a lot about the story and action. When I finally got to play it was just so engaging that I spent hours making sure I did everything in the game.
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