Happy Birthday Chris Roberts! (May 27, 2014)

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The CIC would like to wish another happy birthday to Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts! In honor of the day, PC Gamer has reposted a nifty interview with the man himself. In his "How I Game" Q&A, Mr. Roberts talks about his customized PC, games that he plays and his thought process behind gaming. There's also more pictures of his Cloud Imperium office, which is ringed with priceless Wing Commander posters and artifacts! I think more than a few of you will find those more tantalizing than his RAM chips... Check out the full article here.

What are you playing right now?

"I like to escape into different worlds. That drives the games I make. Ita??s about immersion into another world."
I wish I had a bit more time to play. Since Star Citizen went full throttle, I havena??t had much time. Non-PC games, I was playing a bit of The Last Of Us, which is pretty awesome, even though ita??s on the PS3 hardware. Ita??s pretty amazing how much theya??ve pushed out of it. On the PC, Company of Heroes 2. I liked the original a lot. I havena??t had a chance to play very deep into it, though. And I just downloaded XCOM, the one that was out a little while ago. Ia??ve been playing and checking that out. But I havena??t had a chance to get too deep into games, because the problem is, when I get into a game, I want to finish it. [laughs] That leads to a week, two weeks of being up to four or five in the morning. Thata??s not too good when youa??ve got deadlines.

Why do you game?

I like to escape into different worlds. That drives the games I make. Ita??s about immersion into another world. Ia??m not really playing a game to rack up a high score or even for competitive stuff, although sometimes competitiona??like doing StarCraft competitivelya??is kind of fun. But ita??s the immersion for me. I like to get lost in a world. I like to go and do things that you wouldna??t do in your normal life. You can see that in Star Citizen. Flying a spaceship out in the outer frontier of the galaxy is not something youa??re going to do in your real life. Fighting dragons or demons and all that kind of stuff. For me, ita??s an escape and an immersion into another world.

You can find a couple more shots of his desk here or here.

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Original update published on May 27, 2014

 

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Happy birthday Mr Roberts and thanks for the WC franchise! What better birthday present for you than seeing your next great project coming to life!