CURRENT MISSION

Find out how to do what I think it is I was put on this earth for and after that, subsequently, doing it.

ABOUT ME

Let me see...I grew up in a pretty small Town named "Schärding" in Upper Austria, near the border to Germany (well, Bavaria, to be exact).We lived in the countryside and had a small farm, so my original background was kind of rural. My parents also owned a Hotel when I was younger, which led to me seeing lots of funny and weird and interesting and strange (and often drunk) people during my youth, which in turn might have shaped me quite a bit later in my life ;) I have always been definitely more of an introvert personality...which does not mean that I am shy or don't like the company of other people, on the contrary. Among the things I love most is working on something I am passionate about,

Speaking of things I am passionate about: Ever since I was a little kid, I was really, really fascinated by Computer Games, I was hooked the first time I sat in front of my older brother's Commodore Amiga 500 when I was around 7 or so, my childlike imagination was fired by what I saw and that fire did not go out until today. I made games in my spare time, as a hobby and have also worked at games companies since then. Currently, I am once again working on a game with a friend of mine

What else - I love reading, philosophy and having interesting conversations with interesting people that manage to make me rethink my views and extend my horizons...and are entertaining while doing so ;) Also, I love nature, I love going for walks in the forest, away from all the noise and trivial worries of us humans...oh well, that kind of stuff ;)

Interests

Game Development, Music, Design, Philosophy, Sleeping, Coffee

• design
• coffee
• reading
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Friedrich Nietzsche, Fjodor Dostojewski, Peter Sloterdijk, Douglas Hofstadter, Sartre, Hermann Hesse, H.P.Lovecraft, Viktor Frankl, C.G.Jung, Joseph Campbell, George Orwell, Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Umberto Eco, Julius Evola

Music: Quite a lot of different stuff, electronic music, industrial, IDM, electro, Ambient, Skinny Puppy and all related projects (Download, ohGr...), Autechre, Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, Gary Numan, Neptune Towers, Dead Can Dance, Depeche Mode, Post-Punk/ gothic. Also Metal, Bathory, Darkthrone (and all of Fenriz' side projects), Immortal, some older Gorgoroth, Beherit, Sacramentum, Summoning (one of my absolute favourite bands of any genre!), Falkenbach ... Death/Thrash Metal, mainly Slayer, Neofolk, Changes, Kirlian Camera, Death in June, der Blutharsch, Of the Wand and the Moon, Darkwood, Current 93 ... Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, classical music and early music, especially medieval and renaissance music

Computer Games: In no particular order: Fallout 1 & 2, Wasteland, Ultima, System Shock, Quake I - III, Turrican, R-Type, Thunderforce IV, The SSI Goldbox Games, Realms of Arkania, Hotline Miami, Anmesia, Deus Ex 1, X-Com, Planescape:Torment