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Lead Artist on Haze
What do you do at Free Radical?
Laugh. Cry.
How did you get into the 'biz'?
I was kidnapped as a child.
What was your worst piece of work?
When I was about 13, I did a picture in Deluxe Paint of the Grim Reaper embracing a naked angel. Its awfulness still haunts me to this day.
What piece of work are you most proud of?
When I was about 15, I did a picture of a fag-smoking camel using his 4 foot penis as a pneumatic drill. It ruled.
Who do you admire?
Tim Schafer. Fight the power, Tim!
Who rips off your ideas?
I wish someone would rip off my ideas.
What was your nickname at school?
Ape / Monkey. Some 'friends' actually bought me a tyre for my birthday.
What do you think is the best game of all time and why?
Grim Fandango. There isn't enough beat poetry in games.
What do you think is the worst game of all time and why?
Halo 2. Not because it actually is the worst game of all time, but because of the enormous gulf between its mythical reputation of near-biblical greatness and the reality of relentless mediocrity. Plus, I like getting hatemail.
What question are you glad I didn't ask you?
Do you secretly wish you were a woman?
Written on 2006-11-24
What do you do at Free Radical?
Laugh. Cry.
How did you get into the 'biz'?
I was kidnapped as a child.
What was your worst piece of work?
When I was about 13, I did a picture in Deluxe Paint of the Grim Reaper embracing a naked angel. Its awfulness still haunts me to this day.
What piece of work are you most proud of?
When I was about 15, I did a picture of a fag-smoking camel using his 4 foot penis as a pneumatic drill. It ruled.
Who do you admire?
Tim Schafer. Fight the power, Tim!
Who rips off your ideas?
I wish someone would rip off my ideas.
What was your nickname at school?
Ape / Monkey. Some 'friends' actually bought me a tyre for my birthday.
What do you think is the best game of all time and why?
Grim Fandango. There isn't enough beat poetry in games.
What do you think is the worst game of all time and why?
Halo 2. Not because it actually is the worst game of all time, but because of the enormous gulf between its mythical reputation of near-biblical greatness and the reality of relentless mediocrity. Plus, I like getting hatemail.
What question are you glad I didn't ask you?
Do you secretly wish you were a woman?
