Westwood Studios Part 1 : 1993 : A Barnsley lad in Las Vegas
In December 1993, just before Christmas, we arrived in Las Vegas after a flight from Heathrow with a connection in Seattle. Taking time off from my job at Electronic Arts UK , Elsbeth and I were visiting my former business partner from Eldritch The Cat Ltd , Mark McCubbin. Mark had moved to Las Vegas earlier that year to work at Westwood Studios on games like Hand of Fate and Lands of Lore . He would kindly host us in his apartment for the duration of our visit. While the main purpose of our trip was to visit Mark, see Las Vegas, and attend Winter CES, I also had a tentative interview for an engineering leadership role at Westwood Studios. Although this wasn’t the primary reason for our visit, I was both excited and nervous about the opportunity. By the time we had collected our bags in McCarran (now Harry Reid) airport it was already dark, past 10:00PM. Mark collected us at the airport in his Chrysler LeBaron and suggested, “Let’s go to Walmart and get some bedding,” and so we did