Developer Interview: Ben Schneider
SSSI | 05/30/03

Q: What is your favorite game of all time?

A: Grim Fandango. Starcraft. Darklands.

Q: What is the first thing you will do after Empires is released?

A: Sleep. Maybe go to Spain or New Zealand or India. Or Mars.

Q: What is your gaming nick-name?

A: I have two: Tesseract and Furious Spork. The second one is more for lan gaming where I can change the name. The ‘Furious’ gets replaced often… and sometimes it’s ‘Spurious Fork’ instead. ‘Tesseract’ is from Wrinkle in Time, but I don’t know why I chose it. I think I like the way it sounds.

Q: Where is the coolest place you have ever been?

A: My head. But it gets stuffy in there so I make sure to get out of it on occasion.

Q: If you could have dinner with anyone, fictional or real, who would it be?

A: Akbar, Mughal Emperor of India. It would be good food.