IGDA PechaKucha - Brush with Origin Systems
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A PechaKucha (20 slides auto-advancing every 20 seconds) talk I gave at the December 2010 Orlando IGDA Meeting.
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IGDA PechaKucha - Brush with Origin Systems
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- 2. 1984Friend, Doug got an Apple IIBought Ultima III because of our interest in D&D.We would sit in their computer room for hours playing through the adventuresMy 12th birthday was coming up and I begged my parents for an Apple II
- 3. 1984 - Commodore 64I received a Commodore 64I never got Ultima III and it soon was out of my memory once we moved away from Houston
- 4. 1985In Toys R Us I came across Ultima IVThis is where my love affair with Ultima blossomed.
- 6. 1988I finished Ultima IV and then immediately started playing Ultima V.Back then when you finished, you would write in to Origin and receive Avatar certificate.
- 5. 1985 - NotesTook extensive notesFound secret doors
- 7. 1990Went off to college and bought first IBM PC and passed on Ultima VI obsession to roommatesWrote batch files so that there could be “multiple” save files.
- 8. 1992Later moved into my own apartment and upgraded to an IBM 386, which brought Ultima VII, parts I & II.
- 9. 1992 - CreditsNoticed the main menu had “credits”.When you watch all the credits, you get quotes from the dev team.What? There’s a Dev Team. That’s when I decided I wanted to get into the game industry.Read all kind of game programming books & started a lot of armature games.
- 10. 1993Got a job in IT / Database programming at a disk duplication companyDuplicated Origin’s games: Strike Commander
- 11. 1996Mail out for Ultima Online, which I inserted myself onto.Received tour of Origin by friend of a friend, Jeff Hillhouse.
- 12. 1996 - Job OfferLater found out he was Origin’s first employee and currently in charge of IT & Facilities.He offered me a job in IT and turned down. Said I would be bitter not having a programming job and I would need to get to Origin on my programming skills.
- 13. 1996 - Focus Group TesterSecond brush with Origin was as a focus group tester for .Biggest beef was that all the actors were speaking in Brittish accents and you couldn’t understand what they were saying.
- 14. 1996 - PalquesSaw on the wall a plaque which was a golden disc award. Looking a lot like a “gold record.”Said to myself that I was going to make myself a plaque for each game I made.
- 15. 1998Got my first job in the game industry in 1998, shipping Close Combat 3 & 4.Plaque of Close Combat 3.
- 16. 2000Took at job with EA in 2000 in Austin.Off shoot of Tiburon working on Madden PC in Origin’s building.
- 17. 2000 - Jeff HillhouseReduxOn first day of work, walked into big open room with a lot of used furniture with the head of facilities, Jeff Hillhouse.It had been 5 years since I last saw him, “Well, I said I had to get here on my own merits. Well, here I am.”
- 18. 2001Sad time. Richard Garriot had just left (taking all his video games with him)Later that year: Ultima Online 2 was canceled, where they fired the entire 4th floor.
- 19. 2003EA.com bubble burst and Origin was shut down. We moved to Orlando where Tiburon was is rapid growth.But I can always say my dream did come true, even if it was at the end of a great video game company.
- 20. 2004RIP: Origin. 1983-2004