SPONG - Key Persons
We thought we could do this all in wurdz, but it luckt bad, so we had to get an experienced crayon wielder in to draw some pictures. Amanda used to do the pictures on Mega! Magazine, Amiga Power, GamesMaster and some others, probably.
Andreas Tadic's first video game work that SPOnG is aware of is the 1990 title, "Miami Chase" (Amiga) as Programmer. Of the titles listing Andreas within the credits , "Just Cause 2" (PS3), "Just Cause 2" (Xbox 360), "Mad Max" (PS4) and "Mad Max" (Xbox One) have been best selling titles.
Andreas's most recent involvement was as Programmer on the 2015 release "Mad Max" (Xbox 360).
Job Titles:
- Executive Producer
- Producer
- Project Leader
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Co - Founder
Gareth was standing close to Marcus when he thought up this whole monstrous thing. Instead of discouraging him, Gareth encouraged him, and even took a share of the company. The fool!
Aside from "doing the back-end" and coordinating reviews, Gareth is especially responsible for testing the vehicle deformation dynamics for screenshots of driving games, and is a world grand master at GTA3, Vice City & San Andreas. His fastest GTA:SA "speed run" comes in at under 3 minutes 37 seconds. He's taken to measuring the playability of the "real world" by spinning cars at high speed at busy intersections, driving toward oncoming traffic, and watching how people react to his drive-by shooting antics.
Gavin was also standing nearby, and being a games freak of the highest order, and some sort of registered computer genius, he wanted a piece of the action too. Gavin does the bits that are very very hard, and technical. He is a wizard who knows about Unix!
Shunned from society for having a fourth eye protruding from the small of his back, Greg has taken up residence in a small shack in the woods just outside the Los Angeles borders. While technically labeled as a 'Mercan, Greg has chosen to eschew democracy and has formed his own country, Quadroctica, from which he submits game reviews via carrier pigeon.
He is currently accepting applications for various positions of the Quadroctican parliament as well as someone to man the counter at the Starbucks
Job Titles:
- Musician / Sound Effects Management
Jo is about the craziest person on SPOnG's staff, and that's saying something! He's also a hardcore gamer, and a prolific writer. Better to have him on your side, if you know what we mean!
JoMitch (as he would doubtlessly be known if he was a Walton) is another 'Mercan. Can we see a pattern developing here? What is this? You let one foreigner come work for your company, and before you know it they are bringing their friends, relatives, and complete strangers with a similar accent to the party. Soon, their pets will be walking round the office stinking up the place leaving their little "presents" in the corner behind the pot-plants (that's plants in pots, we don't grow pot in the office, for God's sake, this is a place of work).
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Co - Founder
- Producer
- Project Leader
Later editor of Amiga Format and briefly managing editor of Future Publishing's Amiga titles, Dyson then left the world of paper publishing to become a Producer at Team17 Software. Between 1994 and 1997 he worked at Team17 on a number of titles, and it was here that he got bitten by the internet bug.
One of the old-skool wild men of gaming, Dyson paid his dues editing the magazine/doorstep that was Amiga Format - in the days before editorial values flew the coop.
He then spent time hardening his liver at Team17 Software, where he first thought up SPOnG. He used to claim to have started SPOnG to prevent him ever having to wear a suit again - but more recently, in acknowledgement of the increasing corporatisation of gaming (and all the awards ceremonies he is forced to attend) he has actually bought some rather nice bespoke suits, which make his big scary bald self look somewhat like a bouncer.
Job Titles:
- Senior Writer & Content Researcher
Occasionally known as 'Young Mark' (because he is under 50) or Mr Wonderful (for reasons unknown), when Mark is not writing about video games he is getting his one hour and 43 minutes a day of sleep. Once a month he is allowed to leave his chair for a toilet break. He is what you might call a tank. His favourite game is usually the last one he played or whatever in the office has the darkest picture, enabling him to best see his face reflected in the screen. He is partial to comics and inclined towards throwing himself off mountains with a piece of hardwood and fibreglass attached to his feet.
Martyn Brown's first video game work that SPOnG is aware of is the 1985 title, "Henry's Hoard" (Spectrum 48K) as Programmer. Of the titles listing Martyn within the credits , "Worms 2" (PC), "Worms" (PC) and "Worms Armageddon" (PlayStation) have been best selling titles.
Martyn's most recent involvement was as Director on the 2003 release "Worms 3D" (PS2).
Michael not only co-hosts the UK's best gaming podcast - Joypod - he is also responsible for running the world's best boardgame site and podcast in LittleMetalDog. While not doing these ultra-gaming things, he writes news and features for SPOnG.com.
Rico Holmes's first video game work that SPOnG is aware of is the 1990 title, "Miami Chase" (Amiga) as Artist/Animator/Modeller. Of the titles listing Rico within the credits , "Worms Armageddon" (PlayStation) has been a best selling title.
Rico's most recent involvement was as Artist/Animator/Modeller on the 2003 release "Worms 3D" (PC).