Behind The Scenes of Prix Ars Electronica: Simon Carless / Nominating Expert
Simon Carless Simon Carless (UK) is one of the nominating experts of this year's Prix Ars Electronica category 'Net Vision/Net Excellence'. Carless has been rooted in the early net-communities since the beginning and has followed the development of net culture, as it has been influenced by gaming, communities and electronic music. He enjoyed fame in the Amiga demo scene as a musician before moving into game design with titles like Tank Racer. He is running his own net.music label Monotonik and writes a column for Gamasutra, the online part of Game Developer magazine. Simon Carless currently works as lead game designer in Infogrames’ U.S. office in San Jose, California. His has been working on projects like Loony Tunes Racing for the Sony PlayStation.
Simon Carless (UK) ist einer der nominierenden Experten in der Jury 'Net Vision/Net Excellence' beim diesjährigen Prix Ars Electronica. Carless war bereits in den Anfangszeiten des Netzes in Net-Communities verankert und hat die Entwicklung der Netz-Kultur vor allem in ihrer Beeinflussung durch Gaming, Communites und Electronic Music mitgestaltet. In der Amiga-Demo-Szene war er als Musiker bekannt, bevor er sich dem Game-Design zuwandte und Spiele wie Tank Racer entwickelte. Er betreibt sein eigenes net.music-Label, Monotonik und schreibt regelmäßig für Gamasutra, die Online-Ausgabe von Game Developer Magazine. Im Moment arbeitet Simon Carless als Game-Designer für Infograme in den USA. Eines seiner letzten Projekte war Loony Tunes Racing für Sony PlayStation.


 



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