Here are some of the games, media, popular culture and people who have influenced me as a game designer.
Video Games:
I have been playing since I was 8, from Wolf 3D on Windows 3.1 and Contra on the NES. I also play a wide variety of games from all genres.
Games or Series: Tetris, Wolf 3D, Contra, Super Mario World, Monkey Island, Command and Conquer, Medal of Honor, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Gran Turisumo, Ridge Racer, Civilization, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter 2/4, Soul Reaver, Half Life, Tomb Raider, Prince of Persia Sands of Time Trilogy, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear, Bioshock, Uncharted, Portal.
Game Designers and Writers: Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meier, Fumito Ueda, Tim Schafer, Ron Gilbert, Hideo Kojima, Ken Levine, Amy Hennig
Literature:
I have always had a book in my hand since an early age, sometimes the books were good, sometimes not so much. I read mostly fiction with some Popular non fiction like Brief History of Time, Black Swan or Blink thrown into the mix.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Classic, Contemporary, Graphic Novels and Comics. No Horror though.
Authors: Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Dumas, Dickens, Jack London, Wodehouse, Tolkien, Pratchett, Susanna Clarke, Gaiman, Zelazny, Orson Scott Card, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Paulo Coelho, Frank Herbert, Roald Dahl, Brian K Vaughn, Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Malcolm Gladwell.
Film:
Back to the Future, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Ghostbusters, Big Trouble in Little China, Terminator 2, Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Groundhog's Day, Monty Python, Infernal Affairs
Citizen Kane, Ran, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Chungking Express, Casablanca, Tokyo Story
