Tabula Rasa : Illumination - Tracy W.

Hometown
San Francisco, California

Favorite games
The Zelda series, Tony Hawk series, KOTOR, Ico, Mark of Kri

Favorite books
Ender's Game, anything by James Ellroy or Chuck Pahlaniuk

Favorite movies
The Empire Strikes Back, LOTR Trilogy (duh), Fight Club, Memento

Favorite websites
penny-arcade.com, pvp.com

Favorite bands or songs
It's all about the Beatles. And Pink Floyd. Uh, U2 is pretty cool, too.

Favorite quote or personal mantra
"Cool." - Miles Davis

Previous projects
StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, WarCraft II: Battle.net Edition, Diablo II, WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne, The World of WarCraft

Describe your job
I am, in one way or another, responsible for the audio content in all NCSoft games.

How did you get into the industry?
I was in an a cappella singing group that worked historical reenactment events in the San Francisco Bay Area (singing Victorian era Music Hall songs). Once, we were invited to open up for another singing group similar to ours in the LA area (they sang Elizabethan Era drinking songs). One of the singers in that group was a guy named Bill Roper and he and I got along like a house on fire. After singing with them, I wanted to join their group, but I couldn't just leave without having a job and a place to live, so Bill offered to take me in and get me a job at Blizzard, all so I could sing in his group.