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Profiles:
project
management
Name:
Holger Breitbach
Year of birth: 1964
Place of residence: Cologne
Function in the Armalion Team: Project Manager
Favourite game at the present: Age of Empires 2 Conquerors
Two milestones: The step from school into the professional
world
To have found true love and the woman of life
Your rule of life: Never pretend to be someone, or you'll
stop becoming someone!
Your first computer game: Wintergames on the C64
Three games for a lonely island: Heroes of Might and
Magic3,
Age of Empires 2 CON., Diablo 2
Your worst game-disappointment: Ultima 9
Your favourite website: Lord
of the Rings
Your favourite movie: Matrix, Lawrence of Arabia, Sleepy
Hollow, Braveheart
Your favourite music: Depeche Mode, Sting, die good
old 80ties, current
stuff
Your favourite authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan
Poe
Your Non-computer hobby: handball
Your Non-games dream job: pilot
What is in your fridge: everything a man needs.
E-Mail contact: hbreitbach@ikarion.com |
story / dialogues
Name:
Norbert Beckers
Year of birth: Swinging Sixties
Place of residence: Aix La Chapelle
Function in the Armalion Team: Story and Texts
Favourite game at the present: Black Jack
Two milestones: No spontaneous idea
Your rule of life: If you have toothpaste in your ear,
you'd be surprised
what you don't hear.
Your first computer game: Berzerk (VCS 2600)
Three games for a lonely island: Backgammon, Trivial
Pursuit(island-edition),
Commando (C 64)
Your worst game-disappointment: Hattrick! Wins
Your favourite website: www.strypes.de
Your favourite movie: Im Land der Raketenwürmer
Your favourite music: I'm not restricted to anything
special
Your favourite authors: Too many
Your Non-computer hobby: Also too many
Your Non-games dream job: President of Russia
What is in your fridge: Multiple mutations of former
food
E-mail contact: This, I won't tell. |
2D
graphics
Name:
Tobias Franz
Year of birth: 1969
Place of residence: Mainz
Function in the Armalion Team: 2D-graphics
Favourite game at the present: Zelda N64
Two milestones:To become father, to quit studying in
1993 and become
graphic artist for games
Your rule of life: Remain true to yourself!
Your first computer game: Pong
Three games for a lonely island: Rubiks Cube, AOE2,
Cadaver
Your worst game-disappointment: Lands of Lore 3
Your favourite website: Doesn't exist yet!
Your favourite movie: Alien, StarWars 1-3, Braveheart,
The Name of the Rose
Your favourite music: Corvus Corax, Enigma,...
Your favourite authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, H. Hesse, J.
Roberts, KhalilGibran
Your Non-computer hobby: To spend time with my loved
one, flea-markets, role-play-games, visiting castles
Your Non-games dream job: astronomer
What is in your fridge: many coloured Easter-eggs
E-mail contact: TFranz@ikarion.com, Tobias-F@t-online.de |
Name:
Ralph Roder
Year of birth: 1966
Place of residence: Düren
Function in the Armalion Team: 2D graphics
Favourite game at the present: Quake 3 Arena
Two milestones: My ZX Spectrum, my first encounter with
Italian pasta
Your rule of life: DOS never says "good command
or file name"
Your first computer game: Pong
Three games for a lonely island: Fritz5, Age of Kings,
Magic:TheGathering
Your worst game-disappointment: Arcatera
Your favourite website: www.teamfear.org
www.xsreality.com
Your favourite movie: Pulp Fiction, Dead Poets Society
Your favourite music: REM, Depeche Mode, Red Hot Chilli
Peppers, Eminem,
Molotov
Your favourite authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, Akif Pirincci,
Terry Pratchett, Max Goldt
Your Non-computer hobby: chess, riddles/cryptology
Your Non-games dream job: juggler
What is in your fridge: cheese, milk, curd with herbs,
Tuborg Beer
E-mail contact: Rroder@ikarion.com |
Name:
Christian Wassner
Year of birth: 1966
Place of residence: Aachen and Neuhofen
Function in the Armalion Team: 2D graphic artist
Favourite game at the present: -
Two milestones: -
Your rule of life: Life remains exciting and I remain
curious!
Your first computer game: Tetris
Three games for a lonely island: computer chess,Ludo,
Tetris
Your worst game-disappointment: -
Your favourite website: -
Your favourite movie: Fight Club, Aliens, Terminator
2,
From dusk till dawn, Blade,
Evil Dead (I,II,III), Hellraiser 1
Your favourite music: once across the music store
Your favourite authors: Clive Barker, Michael Crichton,
Richard Preston(Cobra)
Your Non-computer hobby: mountain-climbing, reading,
cinema, drawing
Your Non-games dream job: -
What is in your fridge: some dried olives and a half-full
bottle of mineral
water
E-mail contact: - |
3D graphics
Spellcraft Studios: www.spellcraft.de
programming
Name:
Boerdijk, Roger
Year of birth: 1976
Place of residence: Kerkrade, Netherlands
Function in the Armalion Team: chief programmer
Favourite game at the present: Halflife / Counterstrike
Two milestones: studying, the job at Ikarion
Your rule of life:
Your first computer game: Amiga: Turrican2
Three games for a lonely island: Halflife / CounterStrike,
Diablo2, Unreal
Tournament
Your worst game-disappointment: -
Your favourite website: www.gamedev.net
Your favourite movie: Matrix
Your favourite music: Garbage
Your favourite authors: Robert Jordan
Your Non-computer hobby: reading, aquarium, cinema.
Your Non-games dream job: -
What is in your fridge: cheese
E-mail contact: phoenix@wolf-web.com |
Name:
Steve Manekeller
Year of birth: 1974
Place of residence: Aachen
Function in the Armalion Team: programmer editor/engine
Favourite game at the present: MechWarrior 4
Two milestones: my first computer, my first cigarette
Your rule of life: "I do, what I say; and I say,
what I think."
Your first computer game: Pong
Three games for a lonely island: Doom, Doom 2, Final
Doom
Your worst game-disappointment: MechCommander
Your favourite website: www.fussballtippen.de
Your favourite movie: Friday, the 13th Part 1-9
Your favourite music: Metal
Your favourite authors: J.D. Salinger
Your Non-computer hobby: movies
Your Non-games dream job: screenwriter
What is in your fridge: beer and food beyond the expiration
date
E-mail contact: smanekeller@ikarion.com |
Name:
Frank Kuypers
Year of birth: 1972
Place of residence: Aachen
Function in the Armalion Team: programmer
Favourite game at the present: Escape from Monkey Island
Two milestones: marriage, birth of our son
Your rule of life:-
Your first computer game: tennis on Intellivision
Three games for a lonely island:
Your worst game-disappointment:
Your favourite website: www.kickme.to/xea
Your favourite movie: Braveheart
Your favourite music: EinsL1VE
Your favourite authors: Micheal Crichton
Your Non-computer hobby: family
Your Non-games dream job: househusband
What is in your fridge: Fruchtzwerge (yoghurt)
E-mail contact: FKuypers@ikarion.com |
Name:
Marco Laser
Year of birth: 1974
Place of residence: Stolberg
Function in the Armalion Team: editor programming
Favourite game at the present: Age Of Empires 2
Two milestones: Your rule of life:
Your first computer game: Pac-Man
Three games for a lonely island: Age Of Empires, Diablo
2,
Racing Simulation 2
Your worst game-disappointment: Formel 1 99
Your favourite website: www.gamedev.net
Your favourite movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Your favourite music: Metal and Gothic
Your favourite authors: Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams,
Anne Rice
Your Non-computer hobby: the Middle-Ages, role-play-games
Your Non-games dream job:
What is in your fridge:
E-mail contact: mlaser@ikarion.com |
Name:
Lutz Eisenmenger
Year of birth: 1966
Place of residence: Stolberg
Function in the Armalion Team: programmer
Favourite game at the present: Diablo II
Two milestones: I have to check MS-Project first
Your rule of life: ...and Murphy is right
Your first computer game: Blue Max
Three games for a lonely island: Torres, Tip-Kick, Scotland
yard
Your worst game-disappointment: there are none
Your favourite website: I do not have any
Your favourite movie: There are so many, I cannot decide
Your favourite music: There are so many, I cannot decide
Your favourite authors: There are so many, I cannot
decide
Your Non-computer hobby: volleyball
Your Non-games dream job: There is no other
What is in your fridge: I have not checked for weeks
E-mail contact: leisenmenger@ikarion.com |
leveldesign
Name:
Aarne Jungerberg
Year of birth: 1970
Place of residence: Aachen
Function in the Armalion Team: Junior Game Designer,
Conducting
Level Design
Favourite game at the present: DeusEx, Baldur´s
Gate 2
Two milestones: the birth of my daughter, marrying my
wife, starting
at IKARION
Your rule of life: nothing special... but Murphy's Laws
does have an effect
on life
Your first computer game: arcade game: Elevator Action
Three games for a lonely island: Baldur´s Gate
2, Fallout 2, Paradroid
Your worst game-disappointment: StarWars-Force-Commander
Your favourite website: www.alemannia-aachen.de
Your favourite movie: Blade Runner, Aliens 1 + 2
Your favourite music: Punk, Rock, Crossover
Your favourite authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, Timothy Zahn,
Charles Bukowski
Your Non-computer hobby: my daughter
Your Non-games dream job: architect
What is in your fridge: mainly Hipp-glasses.
E-mail contact: ajungerberg@ikarion.com |
Name:
Markus Haeublein
Year of birth: 1979
Place of residence: Spenge , Aachen
Function in the Armalion Team: Level Designer
Favourite game at the present: Shenmue (Dreamcast)
Two milestones:
Your rule of life: Everything counts.
Your first computer game: Duke Nukem 3D
Three games for a lonely island: Quake 3, Diablo (1!),
Ground Control
Your worst game-disappointment: Diablo 2
Your favourite website: www.penny-arcade.com
Your favourite movie: Strange Days
Your favourite music: Heavy MetalYour favourite authors:
J.R.R. Tolkien,
William Gibson, Michael A.Stackpole, Matt
Ruff, Neal Stevenson, Douglas Adams,
Your Non-computer hobby: movies, reading
Your Non-games dream job: something in the movie-business
What is in your fridge: mineral water and Taco-Sauce
E-mail contact: teppic@gmx.de |
internet service
Name:
Markus Boltersdorf
Year of birth: 1979
Place of residence: Düren
Function in the Armalion Team: Webmaster
Favourite game at the present: Unreal Tournament
Two milestones: my first computer, my flatrate
Your rule of life: more power
Your first computer game: Pitstop on the C64
Three games for a lonely island: UT, Colin McRea 1+2
Your worst game-disappointment:
Your favourite website: ideenreich.com
Your favourite movie:
Your favourite music: everything that's groovy
Your favourite authors:
Your Non-computer hobby: cooking, eating
Your Non-games dream job: cook or sound technician
What is in your fridge: I really shouldn't tell this
here ;)
E-mail contact: |
hotline
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Name:
Ralf Nowacki
Year of birth: 1963
Place of residence: Aachen
Function in the Armalion Team: Hotline, EMail-Contact,
Technology,
Testing
Favourite game at the present: CS
Two milestones: the birth of my son
Your rule of life: life is too beautiful to be taken
seriously
Your first computer game: Lords of Midnight on a tuned
Sinclair Spectrum
on 64K :-)
Three games for a lonely island: CS, Kicker2, Armalion
:-))
Your worst game-disappointment: I will keep my wrong
purchases
to myself
Your favourite website: www.kicker.de
Your favourite movie: it is not possible to choose
a single one
Your favourite authors: Frank Zappa, Red Hot Chili
Peppers,
Pearl
Jam
Your favourite authors: John Irving, T.C. Boyle, J.R.R. Tolkien,
Raymond Feist...
Your Non-computer hobby: reading
Your Non-games dream job: pensioner
What is in your fridge: Hefeweizen-beer
E-mail contact: armalion@ikarion.com
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