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This guy is 'Write on'
What do you do at Free Radical?
I'm Free Radical's Screenwriter, plus I seem to have been lumbered with the dubious responsibility of writing the contents of this website. So, in effect, I'm interviewing myself. F**king hell. This is like Twin Peaks.
How did you get into the 'biz'?
This was actually my first job writing in games. I just made sure I really hammed up the whole 'writer' thing when I came for interview: an old brown suede jacket, glasses, just-out-of-bed hair - the works. I think I even pretended to take notes when people were speaking.
What was your worst piece of work?
I once wrote a novel. It was about a mother who helps the police to track down her dead daughter using her 'psychic visions'. The twist at the end is that they weren't visions - they were latent memories. She was the killer. It was a total dog egg.
What piece of work are you most proud of?
Actually, when I was a kid, we made our own little home movies. They weren't the usual turds that kids make - they were pretty decent. My favourite was 'Grandpa', in which I played a psychotic Grandfather who went around killing kids. We showed it to my Grandpa. He didn't like it much.
Who do you admire?
God. It only took him six days to make the world and whatnot. Six days. Christ, it takes me twenty minutes to do a dump.
Who rips off your ideas?
Michael Jackson - I was planning to build a fairground in my back yard, then go bankrupt.
What was your nickname at school?
The Slug.
What do you think is the best game of all time and why?
Revolution X. It was that Operation Wolf-style arcade with Aerosmith in it. Eight solid hours of shooting guys in yellow boiler suits with a ten second sample of 'Eat The Rich' on a loop in the background. Genius.
What do you think is the worst game of all time and why?
Are UbiSoft games off limits? They are? Then how am I supposed to mention Largo Winch?
What question are you glad I didn't ask you?
Has Dave Doak ever kissed a boy?
Written on 2006-09-21
What do you do at Free Radical?
I'm Free Radical's Screenwriter, plus I seem to have been lumbered with the dubious responsibility of writing the contents of this website. So, in effect, I'm interviewing myself. F**king hell. This is like Twin Peaks.
How did you get into the 'biz'?
This was actually my first job writing in games. I just made sure I really hammed up the whole 'writer' thing when I came for interview: an old brown suede jacket, glasses, just-out-of-bed hair - the works. I think I even pretended to take notes when people were speaking.
What was your worst piece of work?
I once wrote a novel. It was about a mother who helps the police to track down her dead daughter using her 'psychic visions'. The twist at the end is that they weren't visions - they were latent memories. She was the killer. It was a total dog egg.
What piece of work are you most proud of?
Actually, when I was a kid, we made our own little home movies. They weren't the usual turds that kids make - they were pretty decent. My favourite was 'Grandpa', in which I played a psychotic Grandfather who went around killing kids. We showed it to my Grandpa. He didn't like it much.
Who do you admire?
God. It only took him six days to make the world and whatnot. Six days. Christ, it takes me twenty minutes to do a dump.
Who rips off your ideas?
Michael Jackson - I was planning to build a fairground in my back yard, then go bankrupt.
What was your nickname at school?
The Slug.
What do you think is the best game of all time and why?
Revolution X. It was that Operation Wolf-style arcade with Aerosmith in it. Eight solid hours of shooting guys in yellow boiler suits with a ten second sample of 'Eat The Rich' on a loop in the background. Genius.
What do you think is the worst game of all time and why?
Are UbiSoft games off limits? They are? Then how am I supposed to mention Largo Winch?
What question are you glad I didn't ask you?
Has Dave Doak ever kissed a boy?
