Horizons: Empire of Istaria Interview
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Q: Did you grow up wanting to work in the gaming, not necessarily electronic, industry? Or were your goals different? And if so, what were they?
A: I knew off the bat I wanted to be involved with video games from really early. I remember sending letters to Nintendo Power Magazine telling them I wanted to "write stories for video games." I still have the reply letters they sent back to me stashed away in a box somewhere. I hung on to them for so long because they weren't just a form letter thanking me for writing in. They were actual replies that answered the questions I asked, and had commented on the things I wrote to them. They reassured me that such a position truly did exist, and gave me some information on how to contact DigiPen, one of the first video game schools in North America. They were actually willing to take me seriously and spend the time to encourage me as a seven year old kid (or however old I was, I don't remember exactly). That was important to me as a young kid. I think if I had gotten simple manufactured responses back from them, I might have lost a lot of interest, and figured that I was just wishing for some make-believe job or something.
