Mike Pondsmith

Mike Pondsmith spent his first 18 years wandering the Earth in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force. Then, after a tour of four campuses of the University of California, emerged with degrees in Psychology and Graphic Design. (Hey, this game appeals to my Inner Child, and looks good too!) In 1985 he developed Mekton, the first anime-based role-playing game in an attempt to avoid fantasy RPG's. After terrific response at conventions, he started R. Talsorian Games, Inc. to publish Mekton, followed by Teenagers from Outer Space, (RPGA Gamer's Choice Award), Cyberpunk, (translated into 8 languages), Castle Falkenstein, (Best Game of 1994), as well as a number of others. He also collaborated with the Hero Games designers on the Fuzion system, oddly enough a fusion of the original RTG Interlock system and the Hero system (Herolock or Intero being stupid names.) Taking a hiatus from paper games since 2000, Mike has been pushing pixels for Microsoft and Monolith Productions, on games like Bloodwake, Crimson Skies, and Matrix Online. He has recently returned to paper games in 2004 to finish the long awaited Cyberpunk 3rd edition, or die trying. Somewhere along the line he acquired a wife and son, who make getting anything accomplished much harder, but they both game so its o.k.