General Discussion

Every month, we feature a new member of Funcom's Age of Conan team in the form of a Developer Profile. This month, it's Sigbjørn “Siggy” Galåen, the Technical Art Director for Age of Conan.

MMORPG.com:

Besides games what other influences brought you into your career? Whether it is books, movies, or artwork everyone has different tastes, tell us about yours.

Sigbjørn “Siggy” Galåen:

I was very much into comics during my teen years, and I used to read every issue of the Conan comic that was published here in Norway. I also bought US fantasy mags, such as “Heavy Metal”, as well as various art books. I was just as much aiming for a career as a fantasy artist / illustrator, as considering computer game development. Reading mags about computer games taught me a few things about development, while I still had this just as a hobby. I was also a part of a demo group, which was further inspiring for making computer visuals and technical effects. Movies were influential, as I enjoyed especially horror and sci-fi movies with creatures and special effects.

Read it all here.

Great interview.  Sounds like a cool guy.

Amiga 500 was the best PC ever.  Some of my fondest gaming memories were on that PC (and the C-64)!

Me too! Man I miss my c64, and my apple 2 with the monochrome screen. Woot! Those Wizardry and Ultima days, will forevr be in my heart.

As much as I like reading about pony tailed sweds and their dietary habits, I can't help but not give a crap.

If the article isn't announcing Age of Conan or whichever other hot new mmo title is coming out tomorrow I don't care. I pay blizzard to chase a carrot on a stick all day, I don't need it for free elsewhere.

i remember when shadow of the beast was released too. awesome graphics back then, the good old days...any1 remember the game Fairy Tale? used to play that all the time on the c64.

 "As much as I like reading about pony tailed sweds and their dietary habits, I can't help but not give a crap.

 If the article isn't announcing Age of Conan or whichever other hot new mmo title is coming outtomorrow   I don't care. I pay blizzard to chase a carrot on a stick all day, I don't need it for free elsewhere."

and posting that, makes u think theres even a single human being on earth that cares about u and what u think?

Originally posted by AtomicDog

As much as I like reading about pony tailed sweds and their dietary habits, I can't help but not give a crap.

If the article isn't announcing Age of Conan or whichever other hot new mmo title is coming out tomorrow I don't care. I pay blizzard to chase a carrot on a stick all day, I don't need it for free elsewhere.

 

He is norweigan, not swedish.