What’s in a Name?

Well I guess it depends on the names. Two weeks ago, I mentioned some of the names that created memories for me at past GDCs. I’d like to share some more names with you.

We’ve been hiring. In fact, we’ve hired a lot. Lou has us working on some ambitious goals. In order to achieve them, he’s helped us attract some great names with some great cred. Their influence on our practices, quality level, and drive is helping us to achieve more with every day. While I could write volumes about their experience, I think their credits speak for me. They are rock stars and we are lucky to work with them here in Vegas.

Our Rockstars

Amir Rahimi – Executive Producer
Boom Blox (2008), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (2007), Electronic Arts Australia
MySims (2007), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II (2006), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II - The Rise of the Witch-King (2006), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (2004), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Command & Conquer: Generals (2003), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour (2003), Electronic Arts Ltda.

Elie Arabian – Chief Creative Officer
Universe at War: Earth Assault (2007), SEGA of America, Inc.
Star Wars: Empire at War (2006), LucasArts
Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption (2006), LucasArts
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (2004), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Earth & Beyond (2002), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Lands of Lore III (1999), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Blade Runner (1997), Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.
Command & Conquer (Special Gold Edition) (1997), Westwood Studios, Inc.
Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny (1997), Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.
Command & Conquer (1995), Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.
The Lion King (1994), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (1993), Virgin Games, Inc.
The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate (1993), Virgin Games, Inc.
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (1992), Virgin Games, Inc.
The Legend of Kyrandia (1992), Virgin Games, Inc.

Simon Golding – Chief Technology Officer
Boom Blox (2008), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (2003), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat (2002), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Dune 2000 (1999), Westwood Studios, Inc.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1997), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
Command & Conquer (1996), Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.
FIFA Soccer 96 (1995), Electronic Arts, Inc.
The Humans (1992), GameTek, Inc.
Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun (1990), Mindscape, Inc.

Mike Kosenski - Development Director
Medal of Honor: European Assault (2005), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (2003), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Medal of Honor: Frontline (2002), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Nightcaster: Defeat the Darkness (2001), Microsoft Corporation

Wa Kan - Senior Programmer
Boom Blox (2008), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (2007), Electronic Arts Australia
Medal of Honor: European Assault (2005), Electronic Arts, Inc.

GDC Interviews

Not enough? Want more names? Why don’t we mention our GDC interview line-up?

We realize not everyone will be at GDC, so we want to bring GDC to you. Actually, we want to bring GDC to everyone, so please, tweet, post, and spread this line-up across the internet for everyone to enjoy. We will be broadcasting from 12:00 to 4:00 PST on Thursday (11th) and Friday(12th) from the "community pit". The full schedule will be posted along with the UStream URL in an upcoming blog. I hope you can join us.

Featured Guests
Louis Castle – Our head honcho ( C&C, Boom Blox, Blade Runner… )
Joshua Caulfield – President of IGDA
Sheri Graner Ray - Women In Games International Chair/Founder, Schell Games
Jesse Schell – His recent DICE talk blew us away ( World of Goo )
Noel Llopis – Game veteran, author, turned iPhone indie developer ( Mech Assult, Serious Sam II )
Drew Sikora – GameDev.net
Andy Schatz – Pocketwatch and IGF host
Stephen Nichols and David Swofford – Richard Garriot’s Torque2D developers -who recently launched Sweet@$$Poker.

And, of course, all of your favorites...
Luma Arcade
Sickhead
Mythos Labs
GameClay
David Chan ( Pure Light )
Thanhda Tie ( Digital Shock )
MaxGaming Technologies
Eyal Erez ( Sudden Games )
Ted Southard ( DigitalFlux )

And our very own...
David Montgomery-Blake
Steven Garcia
Matt Fairfax
Eric Preisz
Michael Perry