Gas Powered Games Corp.

Bert "Sleepy" Bingham began his career in the games industry as a co-founder and Senior Mission Director for the combat simulation center known as "The Otherside".

Mike Swanson has been in the games industry for 18 years. Working for several major publishers; Electronic Arts Canada, Lucasarts Entertainment and Take Two Interactive. Game Credits include Supreme Commander, SSX, Armed and Dangerous, Triple Play Baseball, FIFA Soccer and NHL Hockey. Mike has also lectured extensively on game art and animation creation throughout China, Taiwan, Scotland and North America. Mike is currently the Studio Art Production Manager at Gas Powered Games in Seattle, Washington.

With a degree in music and a biophysics student at RPI, Brett initially got into the gaming industry in 1996 when he was contacted by Valve software. Initially hired as a level designer, he rapidly began to show his skills as a game designer, laying the foundations for what would soon become 1998's game of the year, Half-Life. Before long, the desire to grow as a designer drove him to explore other game genres. He didn't have to look far before he teamed up with Chris Taylor who had been at work on the action FRPG title "Dungeon Siege". The desire to expand his design vocabulary and work with an industry veteran proved too powerful to pass up. Now, at Gas Powered Games, Brett serves as lead level designer where his skills can continue to grow and expand into the action/adventure genre.

Kim Aue comes to Gas Powered Games as a recruiter and HR Representative with a remarkable attitude. She's a spunky, sassy, marathon running, spark plug with uncompromising values. She's worked with some notable personalities in the software world and also volunteers her time feeding the homeless. As she likes to say "today is a good day to have choices," And given a choice, she is glad to be working on this team.

Ruth Tomandl is a level 24 Mathematician, having recently completed the graduate school quest Mastery of Mathematics, for which she received the Degree of the Master and a Rare Black Robe. Prior to that, she completed the Marriage Quest for the Ring of Wedding; upon completion of that quest, she got her first party member, Dave, a level 26 Level Designer. Ruth is currently trying to level up her own Level Design skill by wielding the Siege Editor (+5 to shrubbing).