Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Age of Conan: Dev Profile: Ole Herbjørnsen
Dana
Member Posts: 2,415
The Lead Designer of Age of Conan talks about his job, how he got there and the progress of his anticipated MMOG project. Developer profiles are a weekly feature every Thursday on MMORPG.com. This is a special Saturday edition of the profiles.
;) MMORPG.com: Can you remember your first video game? How often did you play, what other games had an influence on you?
Ole Herbjørnsen: As I mentioned above I started playing video games back in 1985 on the C64. I played lots of different games and off the top of my head I can remember: Bozo the Clown, Blue Max, Defender of the Crown, Wiz Ball, Hunt the Bismarck and Carrier Command. Back in those days I would typically play 4-5 hours per day. A friend of mine had a C128 with a floppy disc, and we would play lots of different games either head-to-head or in coop (like Wiz Ball). Since the graphics back then were pretty primitive (and took a turn for the worse when I transitioned to the 80086 IBM XT with CGA-graphics!), I prefer deep and involving gameplay over fancy graphics. My favorite genres are probably strategy, role-playing games and simulator games. |
The full profile is here.
Dana Massey
Formerly of MMORPG.com
Currently Lead Designer for Bit Trap Studios
Comments
Good stuff. My first computer was the Commodore 64 also. So......this guy wins some pts
. I'm looking forward to Age of Conan. I've liked what i've seen so far. Nice Q and A.
It's better be hated for who you are, than loved for who you aren't.
I started with the commodore 64 then went to the 128 and then an Amiga 500