After discovering video games at the age of 4, I played them increasingly as I grew older (somewhat thanks to home schooling) with a fascination on what made them work. As early as 7 or 8 I expressed a desire to help create video games. At 13 I got a game called TRIBES 2, and spent the next year or so fiddling with modding it. After several dismally unsuccessful attempts to learn to program in my teens, I've been mostly condemned to the position of armchair designer; however the Torque engine and Blockland's ability to produce simple shapes I don't need to create models for has breathed new life into my scripting career. Over my lifetime I have participated in a number of out-of-house closed betas, including The Sims Online, Savage, City of Heroes, and Pirates of the Burning Sea.