Q: What does the title of “Producer” encompass? In other words, define your job as the Producer of Ultima Online.

A: I’m responsible for the entire UO business, and the entire dev team reports to me. The people above me expect us to make our financial goals. The people below me want to make a great game. My job is to make those two goals the same goal. This job is a blast, but it’s also a huge amount of work and complication. The quote from Spider-Man definitely applies: “With great power comes great responsibility.”

Q: What life events brought you to Electronic Arts and the world of online gaming?

A: Long, long story. I’ll try and make it short…Newspaper writer. Newspaper editor. Sold out to The Man to become a PR guy at a casino resort in Vegas. Horrific job. Begged for a job at Westwood Studios for about a year and finally got it. Fabulous job for five years. Westwood closed. Headed to Austin and OSI. OSI closed. Headed to EAHQ in Redwood City. Marketing guy for UO, then decided to take a shot at being producer, out of love for the game. Got the job. And here I am.