Last updated: February 2008

Who am I you ask? Well, let's start with a little professional history. First, I am currently 40 years old with a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of California at San Diego, and an M.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. I work for a living as a software engineer on embedded real time systems, which are essentially computers embedded in some kind of device that respond in real time to external data gathered by sensors.

Now for the computer gaming history. The first computer game I played was Zork II on my folks' brand spankin' new Apple ][e. Loved those text adventures; played quite a few of 'em too. The first CRPG I played was Wizardry, once again on that Apple computer and that was a blast. Over the years, I've played mostly RPG and Adventure games with a smattering of other things like real time strategy, fighter jet sims and sim games like Sim City and Afterlife. My favorites have been the Adventure games published by Sierra (King's Quest, Quest for Glory, Space Quest) and Lucas Arts (Sam 'n Max, Indiana Jones, Monkey Island), the Ultima RPGs (I've played 3 through 8 for sure; can't remember 1 or 2) and of course the Infinity Engine games (BG1 and 2, IWD). I've never really gotten into the FPS games; the last one I played was Wolfenstein 3D (oh that reminds me - I played the original Wolfenstein on my Apple as well). These days, now that I work for a living and have less free time on my hands, I generally buy games from game companies I've had success with, or that get great reviews and look like my kind of game.

And finally Sorcerer's Place history. I came lurking to Sorcerer's Place when I bought Icewind Dale after it had just arrived on the store shelves. I like reading about other people's experiences with a game I'm playing, mainly out of curiosity, to see if I was missing out on anything as I passed through the various stages of the game. I pretty much lurked all the way through IWD, content to just read and not contribute; but there were many times where I itched to interject a comment here or a tip there. I came back again to Sorcerer's Place with the release of BG2, and on a fateful October morning the itch to contribute won me over; and the rest as they say is history (and well documented on the Sorcerer's Place message boards :) ).

Well that's about it for me. I look forward to serving you fine people as your moderator on the Sorcerer's Place message boards. Farewell.

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