Zero Point - Creation

This is where it all begins, the first post. Maybe I should start with a little introduction. My name is Kevin Deadrick and this is my blog. I have worked in the game development industry for over 13 years now. The last 8 of those years have been at Monolith Productions, Inc in Kirkland WA, working on titles like AVP2 (Aliens vs Predator 2), Tron 2.0, and F.E.A.R: First Encounter Assault Recon. Currently, we are grinding away at the sequel to F.E.A.R, Project Origin.

Life is not all work though, or at least it should not be. I enjoy a large number of activities outside work. Obviously, I love games (what developer does not) and I am currently working my way through GTA 4 on the xbox 360. This game is absolutely mind blowing in its scope. I love getting in the helicopter or on a bike and just cruising around the city, looking for new places to see. I am at 46% complete and I have been playing for 28 hours! That is some serious game.

I also enjoy music a great deal, and I have 3 guitars. I have an acoustic that is a couple of years old, a Les Paul that's about 20 years old and in dire need of refurbishment, and a Fender Stratocastor that I just bought recently, along with a new Fender amp to replace the aging Electra amp I had rotting in my office. The fender amp (GDec-30) is absolutely awesome. It has a huge assortment of tweaks and presets and up to 50 user stored settings. Apparently you can buy pedals for it also....I will have to look into that. Anyhow, songs I have been learning recently: Should I Stay or Should I Go (the Clash) - Good fun to play and pretty easy, Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2) - Simple but challenging, One (U2) - really fun to play, what a great song, War Pigs (Black Sabbath) - about 1/2 way through learning this one, and Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) - another truly awesome song w/ a lot of cool riffs.

Finally, I have undertaken the monumental task of getting my online portfolio (of which this blog is part) up and running. It's still currently under construction and doesn't look like much yet. I've just started dealing w/ the CSS markup.

And that, is the first post.