Nate O

Level Designer

Bio

Nate joined the Gearbox team as a Level Designer on Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30. Previously he worked at Epic Mega (Ultra Hyper Super) Games as a Level Designer on Unreal Tournament 2004. It took some fair amount of convincing to get Nate out of the historically potent North Carolina of which he had, grown up in and, become accustomed to. He obliged the offer to work at Gearbox for no less than six Sega Genesis', four signed copies of the Holy Bible, a parrot, nine socks, and the written intent to rename Colorado to "Nate's Happy Fun Paradise Land."

Length of time I have been employed in the industry

Almost 4 years.

Game companies I have worked for

Epic Games, Gearbox Software

Titles I have worked on

Unreal Tournament 2004, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

Advice

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

Grab an editor like UnrealEd and start making stuff.

Favorites

First game I remember playing

Some little Ascii-based dungeon crawler.

All-time favorite game

Secret of Mana, Quake 3 Arena, Unreal Tournament 1, anything Zelda.

Non-video gaming hobbies

Photography, reading, various outdoor things which I haven't had a chance to do in a long time.

Favorite bands/music

Death Cab for Cutie, Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Thrice, Between the Buried and Me, Soundgarden, Nada Surf, The Receiving End of Sirens, Massive Attack, The Dear Hunter, Lupe Fiasco, Kansas, Radiohead, Postal Service, Ben Folds Five, Blur, Deftones, Straylight Run, He is Legend, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, Jason Mraz, Mars Volta, Tool, Weezer...

Favorite books/authors

I enjoy many books. I read a lot of non-fiction science stuff. I'm sort of a geek that way.

Favorite TV shows

The Office, Venture Brothers, Lost, Dexter

Favorite movies

I have many that I like. My favorites change often.

Favorite quote

"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, but what we know for sure that just ain't so." -Mark Twain

Nate's forum activity

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