Lee A

Level Designer/Dr. Evil

Bio

Moved from England in 1990 to Rochester, NY. First Job out of college was working on the V-22 Opsrey as a 3D Animator for the US Marines. Moved to Raleigh, NC to work in the gaming industry as a marketing artist at Octagon Entertainment. While living in Raleigh worked as a contract Lead Environment Artist on a little game called Ultimate Duck Hunting. Once that was over, I landed a job at n-Fusion Interactive in Manalapan, NJ working on Hour of Victory. Once that project was shipped applied at Gearbox in Plano, TX.

Been at Gearbox since August'07

Length of time I have been employed in the industry

Game companies I have worked for

Octagon Entertainment, Merscom, Mid Carolina Media, n-Fusion Interactive, Gearbox Software

Titles I have worked on

WW2 Tank commander (PC), Ultimate Duck Hunting (PC), Hour of Victory (XB360/PC)

Advice

Resources I would recommend for those interested in getting into game development (books, tutorials, sites, etc)

The hows and whys of Level Design: by Hourences (best theory book on Level Design)
Mastering Unreal: 3D Buzz (These tutorials and videos helped me get a job as a level designer)

Favorites

First game I remember playing

Elite for the ZX81

All-time favorite game

how about games I play the most of all-time:
Starcraft, Quake2/3, Rez, Mortal Kombat 2, Killer Instinct 1/2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Warcraft,

Non-video gaming hobbies

BBQ'ing, Cooking, Paintball

Favorite books/authors

don't read books, that's what RPG games are for ;)

Favorite TV shows

Battlestar Galactica, Heroes, Lost, The Office, A-Team, Airwolf, Knight Rider, Thundercats, Transformers.

Favorite quote

"Nothing Hypothetical about it" - Mary Rose Monkowski

"Nothing Hypothetical about it" - Mary Rose Monkowski