Happy New Year!

As I prepare to welcome in 2014 it's a good time to stop and reflect on the positives of this past year.  The most significant one is the arrival of my second child.  Such a beautiful little thing.  Many months old at this point it's amazing to look back and be able to experience the growth of a new little person again.  Simply amazing!  Family is a wonderful thing.
It's great to be a part of a creative team like Firaxis Games as well.  We've had a good year with regards to expansion releases.  The warm reception of XCOM: Enemy Within has been an extra treat.

Wishing friends, family, and readers a very Happy New New Year!  Stay tuned for lots of interesting work being posted in the coming year!

New 2013 Animation Reel is up!

Watch here:
 2013 Animation Reel

Read more about it in the Animation!!! section of my blog.

Thanks for watching!

Enemy Within has RELEASED!!!

This expansion pack represents a lot of work from this past year.  The X-COM team tackled a laundry list of fan requests, and have tried to make something really special.  I think we have.  What a way to end 2013!  I am personally proud of the cinematic work we did this time around.  There are a lot of in house ideas and execution happening here that I hope elevates the fan experience.

Now go out and BUY IT!!!

Enemy Within Announcement!

I can finally talk about the expansion project I have been working on since the release of XCOM: Enemy Unknown.  Slated to release in November.  Fans should keep a few weeks free during the holidays to play this little slice of awesome!  Stay tuned for some really amazing content as more info is released.

Friday Fun

There have been a few updates to this blog including the launch of a new XCOM: Enemy Unknown page.  This is a production diary style look at the past few years of work I've been involved with.  Looking at what went into it's creation and beyond.  I will be making updates regularly.

Here is a little Friday fun as we bring May to a close:



* "Make Life Epic" is about those fun moments that happen when you are trying to explore ideas, and see potential answers to creative problems with reckless abandon.  Though the problems we solve are often serious in nature, and most of our professional time is spent focused on work, it's a good thing to let loose and take the edge off.  The mind tends to be more receptive to good ideas when in a relaxed state of mind.


* "MOCAP Montage" is a collection of goofy moments during an otherwise exhausting, and very serious mocap session.  We were on site for three days, and our list of things to capture was incredibly long.  I think a twelve hour day was our shortest shoot.  Incredibly fun though.  It was eye opening to the whole motion capture process.


* "Fun at Work" is a series of funnier moments caught while filming reference for "Sid Meier's Pirates!" and "Civilization Revolution."  Again, showing a few moments of levity during an otherwise intense and focused game development cycles.  I think the fun shows through into the final games.

 Check out the XCOM: Enemy Unknown and ANIMATION WORK !!! pages respectively if you want to read my Blog entries for these videos.