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                      <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><i><font color="#904C10" size="3">Taking 
                        Aim at Paul Steed '99</font></i></font></b><br>

                      
                      <div align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">By 
                        <a href="mailto:radpipe@loonygames.com">Russell Lauzon</a></font></div>
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                    <h5 align="right"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#00025E">Vol. 
                      2, Issue 5&nbsp; <br>
                      December 6, 1999&nbsp; </font></b></h5>
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              <h5 align="right">&nbsp;</h5>
              <p align="right">&nbsp;</p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Whose 
                artwork did you admire the most there?</b></font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh there 
                were plenty of people. The main guy was this guy named Dennis 
                Loubet He was the first artist hired at Origin, basically. The 
                guy was just one of those really gifted artists who didn&#146;t 
                shy away from the technical. Because at Origin there was a clear 
                division between 2D and 3D artists. It was like this elitism. 
                I come to find out that the 3D artists are all that, because they 
                were doing 3D and they were doing the cinematics and everything 
                else, and the 2D guys are like, they&#146;re just 2D guys. We 
                can do both, they can only do one. So Dennis Loubet was the first 
                guy I saw that was really a nice mix of both.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Is 
                there like a lot of this segregation between different art groups?</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah there 
                is, because you have to understand that it&#146;s really competitive. 
                It even happens now. I take for granted sometimes. That&#146;s 
                why I like teaching this stuff, because I want to break down the 
                walls of this thing being intimidating. It&#146;s just a computer 
                program. You have to conquer it like you have to conquer everything 
                else. You have to set your mind to it. It&#146;s really how dedicated 
                you are to making it work.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ok 
                let&#146;s move on here. How did you get your job at id?</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was 
                working at a company called Virgin. And a head hunter called me 
                and said, &#145;hey. There&#146;s a little company in Texas that 
                needs an artist and I was wondering if you&#146;re interested.&#146; 
                I said, &#145;what&#146;s the name of the company?&#146; Because 
                I was an art director there and I kind of had it made. Anyways, 
                he goes, &#145; It&#146;s a company called, id,&#148; and I hung 
                up on the guy. So he called me back and said, &#145;I&#146;m serious&#146; 
                and I thought yeah right. Who would ever leave id? Why would id 
                need somebody? Anyway we got to talking, and I only had my original 
                demo tape that I had made all my copies from and I didn&#146;t 
                have a copy, and I said, &#145;screw this, the only company I&#146;d 
                leave for is id and I was a big fan.&#146; So I sent it to him 
                and the guy called me back the next day and said, &#145;you know 
                they got the tape but they never really looked at it because they 
                made this other guy an offer.&#146; And I thought, oh shit there 
                goes my tape. </font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Doh.</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And so 
                I figured I gambled and lost, whatever. And the guy goes, &#145;don&#146;t 
                get too discouraged because the guy might turn them down. And 
                I&#146;m like, what fucking moron is going to turn id down? And 
                sure enough he calls me back the next day and says &#145;hey they 
                want you to do a phone interview with Kevin Cloud because the 
                other guy turned them down.&#146; And I thought you&#146;re bullshitting 
                me.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do 
                you know who it was?</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, they 
                won&#146;t tell me. Because I want to buy him a Volkswagen or 
                something. I want to give him something to show my appreciation. 
                So anyway the guy turned them down for the dumbest reason. He 
                should be kicking himself every day for the rest of his life.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Do 
                you know what the reason was?</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">No. Well 
                yeah I know what the reason is. I think, a little bit of money, 
                a little bit of fear that his creative input wouldn&#146;t be 
                appreciated or some crap like that. But anyways he messed up. 
                But I think the reason why I was selected was since I was the 
                last applicant, my thing was on top of the stack. And Kevin was 
                so desperate to get somebody in for Quake II, he was like, &#145;God 
                we just gotta get somebody. Ok this Steed guy, ok let&#146;s give 
                him a call.&#146; So I talked to them and the phone interview 
                went pretty well. They flew me down and pretty much made me an 
                offer on the spot. </font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>What&#146;s 
                your daily routine like?</b></font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I get 
                up.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">About 
                noonish?</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I usually 
                try to get up about 9:00 or 10:00. In to work before noon. I don&#146;t 
                try to get in early like some of the others that get in by 8:00. 
                I work out about 3:00. Do some dinner. Come back to work and usually 
                get home around midnight or 1:00am. </font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">How 
                about your favorite websites?</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I haven&#146;t 
                really been hitting any lately. I do the usual. I go surfing across 
                the usual. I do <a href="http://www.bluesnews.com">Blue&#146;s</a>, 
                <a href="http://www.planetquake.com">PlanetQuake</a>, <a href="http://www.stomped.com">Redwood&#146;s</a>, 
                the typical stuff. I just don&#146;t have time. I haven&#146;t 
                hit a website in a long time. If I&#146;m in a mood to be pissed 
                off, I go to <a href="http://www.shugashack.com/">sCary&#146;s 
                msgboard</a> and get my dose of frustration over the really insightful 
                things I read up there. </font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Yeah 
                he really needs to implement some kind of password authentication.</b></font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">You know 
                what, he does. I&#146;m not really for the whole censorship issue, 
                but in some situations I think it&#146;s okay. Which is a contradiction 
                of course, but I won&#146;t tell anyone.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Who&#146;s 
                the funniest guy at id?</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The funniest 
                guy at id is Adrian Carmack.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Get 
                out. Really?</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">He is, 
                without a doubt, no question, the funniest guy at id. He&#146;s 
                fucking hilarious.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">He 
                seems so introverted.</font></b></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Get a 
                few drinks in him, and he&#146;s like Chris Fucking Rock, the 
                guy will just have you rolling. It&#146;s amazing. It&#146;s shocking. 
                He could do stand-up.</font></p>
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