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[chip5541]

Well, I forgot to introduce myself. Just one more sign of old age I guess 

My name is Chip but my friends (very few of those) call me Chip. I am a 41 year old father of 4 and a game player till the day I die. I play both consoles and PC games and have beta tested several games for the PC and Playstation.

I live in Sunny (ie hot, humid and flat) Florida. I am a night auditor so as you can imagine I don't get allot of sleep. This will be one of the reason you will see me online almost all the time.

I have been a gamer since before video games went commercial. I have owned many different systems from consoles (VCS, Arcadia, Vectrex) to Personal Computers (C64, Amiga, Vic-20, PCs). For a short time I also owned several arcade units (Asteroids & Boot Hill) but my parents made me get rid of them. There was even a time I could name the game and company just by the sound of the game but it has been so long I don't think I could do it anymore.

Of all teh systems the Amiga and C64 had to be my favorites and I have nothing but fond memories of all the life they sucked out of me. 

I moderate at Avault, which I really enjoy, but I also mod at several other sites including the forum for Pacific Storm and Eidos to name a few. It keeps me busy since I really don't get out much.

[FOL]

Well, I forgot to introduce myself. Just one more sign of old age I guess 

My name is Chip but my friends (very few of those) call me Chip. I am a 41 year old father of 4 and a game player till the day I die. I play both consoles and PC games and have beta tested several games for the PC and Playstation.

I live in Sunny (ie hot, humid and flat) Florida. I am a night auditor so as you can imagine I don't get allot of sleep. This will be one of the reason you will see me online almost all the time.

I have been a gamer since before video games went commercial. I have owned many different systems from consoles (VCS, Arcadia, Vectrex) to Personal Computers (C64, Amiga, Vic-20, PCs). For a short time I also owned several arcade units (Asteroids & Boot Hill) but my parents made me get rid of them. There was even a time I could name the game and company just by the sound of the game but it has been so long I don't think I could do it anymore.

Of all teh systems the Amiga and C64 had to be my favorites and I have nothing but fond memories of all the life they sucked out of me. 

I moderate at Avault, which I really enjoy, but I also mod at several other sites including the forum for Pacific Storm and Eidos to name a few. It keeps me busy since I really don't get out much.

Nice intro, welcome and have fun, .

I love florida, its holds the best holiday memories for me.
Everyone we met was so nice and we even got invited to the neighbours BBQ's, .
Maybe in a few years, i can afford to take my own kids now im older, .

[chip5541]

Let me know, I'll fire up the BBQ and do some Hamburgers.

[FOL]

Let me know, I'll fire up the BBQ and do some Hamburgers.

Will do, lol,

[Abhoth]

Hi there. I don't post that much in here, but visit quite frequently, since the PSP and Amiga are my two all-time favourite thingamabobs. Anyways, I'm 31, and was an active (but not very talented)  musician in the amiga scene back in the good old days. Things progressed and later on I made a living as a sound engineer.  I recently re-educated myself to become an electronics engineer instead. After that I got a job as a programmer for a game company.

[FOL]

Hi there. I don't post that much in here, but visit quite frequently, since the PSP and Amiga are my two all-time favourite thingamabobs. Anyways, I'm 31, and was an active (but not very talented)  musician in the amiga scene back in the good old days. Things progressed and later on I made a living as a sound engineer.  I recently re-educated myself to become an electronics engineer instead. After that I got a job as a programmer for a game company.

W00t, a fellow Electronics Engineer, .

Hows kosmodrones going? we looking at a kosmodrones 2, .

[Abhoth]

Hi there. I don't post that much in here, but visit quite frequently, since the PSP and Amiga are my two all-time favourite thingamabobs. Anyways, I'm 31, and was an active (but not very talented)  musician in the amiga scene back in the good old days. Things progressed and later on I made a living as a sound engineer.  I recently re-educated myself to become an electronics engineer instead. After that I got a job as a programmer for a game company.

W00t, a fellow Electronics Engineer, .

Nice! I'm having fun with FPGAs these days. Bought myself a dev-board while still in school. Amazing stuff. Ever used one? Some friends and I made ourselves a game console on one as a school project. http://www.kosmodrones.com/diverse/SkidRacer.wmv After that I was hooked.

Hows kosmodrones going? we looking at a kosmodrones 2, .

Heh, we are considering a sequel and working with various design-ideas etc., so hopefully it will amount to something. We will be aiming considerably higher next time around, though, so if it ever gets made it will probably end up quite cool.

[FOL]

Hi there. I don't post that much in here, but visit quite frequently, since the PSP and Amiga are my two all-time favourite thingamabobs. Anyways, I'm 31, and was an active (but not very talented)  musician in the amiga scene back in the good old days. Things progressed and later on I made a living as a sound engineer.  I recently re-educated myself to become an electronics engineer instead. After that I got a job as a programmer for a game company.

W00t, a fellow Electronics Engineer, .

Nice! I'm having fun with FPGAs these days. Bought myself a dev-board while still in school. Amazing stuff. Ever used one? Some friends and I made ourselves a game console on one as a school project. http://www.kosmodrones.com/diverse/SkidRacer.wmv After that I was hooked.

Hows kosmodrones going? we looking at a kosmodrones 2, .

Heh, we are considering a sequel and working with various design-ideas etc., so hopefully it will amount to something. We will be aiming considerably higher next time around, though, so if it ever gets made it will probably end up quite cool.

Sweet, that video looks alot like Kosmosdrones in the way the vehicles move, .
Never used 1 of them. In college, got as far as using an EMMA 2 board and programmed it to run a traffic light sequence in binary and hexadecimal.

As for a sequel, it would be hard to beat the first 1, as the first 1 has so much eye candy and is smoooooooth, .

[skateblind]

Hello, I am a jobless waste of space who rarely makes an appearance anywhere. I enjoy all sorts of things that you wouldn't care about.

If anyone knows of jobs in the Norwich area then drop me line. Maybe you know of something I from home? I doubt it though.

Abhoth, what games company do you work for and what projects are you on? I would love to get a job in that industry/sector, how did you get the job? Do you have a portfolio or was it based on qualifications?

[FOL]

Hello, I am a jobless waste of space who rarely makes an appearance anywhere. I enjoy all sorts of things that you wouldn't care about.

If anyone knows of jobs in the Norwich area then drop me line. Maybe you know of something I from home? I doubt it though.

Abhoth, what games company do you work for and what projects are you on? I would love to get a job in that industry/sector, how did you get the job? Do you have a portfolio or was it based on qualifications?

Ouch talk about putting yourself down, damn skate is it that bad, .

Your not a waste of space, .

[skateblind]

Hello, I am a jobless waste of space who rarely makes an appearance anywhere. I enjoy all sorts of things that you wouldn't care about.

If anyone knows of jobs in the Norwich area then drop me line. Maybe you know of something I from home? I doubt it though.

Abhoth, what games company do you work for and what projects are you on? I would love to get a job in that industry/sector, how did you get the job? Do you have a portfolio or was it based on qualifications?

Ouch talk about putting yourself down, damn skate is it that bad, .

Your not a waste of space, .

I am half joking. I was in a bad situation a week or so ago, but with my ingenuity I managed to get out of it in the last second before complete devastation struck.
Considering the big picture, I am doing well. Body and mind are sound.

I hope everyone is doing well.

[Hungry Horace]

the mind boggles skate

[Abhoth]

Abhoth, what games company do you work for and what projects are you on? I would love to get a job in that industry/sector, how did you get the job? Do you have a portfolio or was it based on qualifications?

Hey, Skate I work on a DS game atm, but by the looks of it I'll get to do some more PSP stuff soon. I got the job partly  because of Kosmodrones and some other projects, partly through mutual acquaintances. Mostly just chance, I believe. They needed someone to code for them, and I happened to be available. If you are aiming at landing a job in the gaming industry I get the impression that having some games or projects that show what you can do is the most important part. "If you were able to make that, we know you can handle this, as well"-kind of thing. But what do I know? Just the general impression I got.

FOL: Yeah, that looking like Kosmodrones is not a coincidence. When we had the hardware down and working, we had about two days until deadline. So making a "Kosmo Lite" seemed like the fastest approach to get something playable done on time.

[SoczI]

Hi guys.

I'm Soczi, aka Will, aka mrSoczi. I'm a polish ABAP programmer in my mid-twenties. When I was six I started of with my own Atari XL/XE, I had a friend with C64 and I was also into NES. Then I passed on to my Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200 with HD at my uncle's. The Amiga-time was the best. Great games, very good memories. Now I'm all into consoles (also PC games - by default ). I had PS2, sold it, bought Xbox360 and PSP. So I kind of have a wide spectrum of game experience. Now I love to make my PSP an emulation centre. It's like a family photo album - I like to keep good (game)memories in it . Amiga, C64, SNES, Sega Genesis, Neo Geo, Capcom - all in one little PSP.