What was your first memory of a videogame?

My first memory of a video game come from my days hanging out with friends at the video game arcade. Joust and Robotron were two of my favorite games. My first memorable experience on the console system was playing the original World Series Baseball on the Sega Genesis.

There’s always something that makes you say: “This is what I want to do for the rest of my life”. What made you realize that?

Working at Electronic Arts in the early 90’s was magical experience. We were allowed to explore new opportunities and create new franchises. During one three year span we created 3 new franchises - Andretti Racing, NASCAR Racing and Knockout Kings.

If you had to create “the ultimate game” what would it be?

We are working on that now! We are developing an extremely high profile Casual MMO for one of the major media companies. Trilogy’s proprietary development platform allows us to expand and enhance the online experience for gamers. Our goal is to deliver the same level of gaming experience one would expect in a traditional MMO, but in a browser. Trilogy’s background in traditional gaming enables us to broaden the engagement model and bring about a more robust experience.

You’re leaving for a space trip and you have to bring only one game and one videogame character with you, it would be?

Tekken 3 and Johnny Law.

If you had one tip to give to someone who wants to start working in the industry, what would it be?

There is a wonderful saying, "if you love your work, you’ll never work a day in your life". I’ve been extremely fortunate to have worked with some of the most talented and successful game makers in the industry. My tip would be to follow your passion and work with people who are willing to share their experiences and creative insight with you. If not for the work and support of industry vets such as Rich Hilleman, Bing Gordon and Scott Orr, my team and I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to create the franchises we did.

On which project are you working now and what can you tell us about it?

Trilogy is developing a high profile Casual MMO for one of the major media companies. That’s all we can tell you right now, but stay tuned!

What are you playing now?

Lots of Casual MMO’s. Online gaming is the fastest growing segment in the industry and in oder for us to be able to deliver thenext generation of successful products we need to make sure we are up-to-speed on what everyone else is doing.

One silly personal factoid about you?

I started my career as a CBS Page where I worked on the Price is Right and $20,000 Pyramid. I also produced a number of highly successful animated programs including Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters, The New Archie’s and The Beany and Cecil Show.