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Justin W. Gramm
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Name: Justin W. Gramm Age: 30 Callsign: Grinner.
Favorite Computer Game Genres: Flight Simulators, First Person Shooters, Real Time Strategy Favorite Computer Games: Counter-Strike, Freespace 2, Emperor Favorite Tabletop/RPG Games: Cyberpunk 2020, Dungeons & Dragons (3rd Edition), Rifts, Shellshock Combat System Favorite Movies: Abyss, Contact, 5th Element, Matrix, 6th Sense, Austin Powers (1 and 2), The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Aliens, Star Wars Trilogy, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Regarding Henry, Waco: Rules of Engagement, Gattaca, American History X, Hudson Hawk, Buckaroo Banzai, Resident Evil Favorite Books: The Bible, Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, The Dark Tower series, 1984, A Call to Arms, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series Favorite TV Shows: Simpsons, Enterprise, Junkyard Wars, Farscape, Stargate SG1, Trading Spaces (Paige Davis and Amy Winn are HOT!)
G A M I N G H I S T O R Y
I played the old Pong back in the 70's. My dad brought home our first computer in 1982, when I was ten years old. It was a Vic-20. I remember putting the data tape into the stereo, strictly against the warnings on the tape and from my dad, just because I was curious about what it would sound like. I wrote my first game at age 11, a simple little text based adventure game. About that time my family moved from our small town of 1500 people to Phoenix, Arizona. By twelve I was playing D&D, something I had never heard of in the small town I left. At thirteen I bought my first game: Aerotech, published by FASA. My fascination with planes helped the decision making process. Soon after I picked up Battletech and Citytech. I played that genre for many years. I was running Battletech at local conventions in 88 and 89. During the course of this time I helped a friend write a Role Playing Game based on the movie Dune. We moved from Phoenix to downstate IL in the summer of 89. During my senior year I met a few friends who also liked Battletech and played often. When I went to college in the fall of 1990 I got into other stuff besides just Battletech. I started playing Robotech and Rifts. I got back in RPGs such as D&D and Star Wars when I met some people in college who played. I also wrote about 2 or 3 wargames. Most were very simple. I met Glenn during a Battletech Campaign a mutual friend of ours was running. While that campaign eventually ended, Glenn and I remained good friends. We still played Battletech and the Star Wars RPG until I finally moved out to California. After I was out there about 6 months, Glenn asked me if I wanted to help him write a wargame. I agreed and after a couple months it was obvious we needed to get together to speed up the work. So, a couple months later, I moved back to Chicago. We've been working on the game ever since. |