Dave Taylor of Crack.com

Tim: Tell us a little about yourself?

Dave: Dave, 29, Carly, BSEE, id, Doom, Quake, Crack, Abuse, Golgotha. Littleenough?

Bokatu: Does running the company take away from your involvement in coding or whatever?

Dave: It takes away from my involvement in coding almost completely, but Iend up spending plenty of time on whatever.

Bokatu: Can you describe aome of the benifits and pitalls of starting up your company?

Dave: It’s very, very risky, and the game market today is cut-throat.Personally, I don’t recommend starting a game company today unlessyou have significant backing and talented, experienced game developersrunning the company.

Bokatu: Do you have time to plays games during free time?

Dave: I am addicted to computer games. I wait until I get home, though. Weekendsoften end up game-playing festivals.

Bokatu: Describe a typical day at crack.com?

Dave: It usually isn’t typical. Some days, there are some really coolcode break-throughs, and we all huddle round and drool. Sometimes,we get some bizarre or fascinating biz opportunity, and we spendsignificant time debating whether or how to persue it. Some days,it’s nose-to-the-grindstone work, and no one really socializes.

Bokatu: Why the AMD k6-2 optimization when you hear intel has the best hardware for games?

Dave: Because the K6-2 “3DNow” ops let you use MMX instructions without theEMMS overhead. They basically finally let you utilize MMX instructions.

Bokatu: What is the favorite soft drink around crack dot com?

Dave: Seems like Dr. Pepper & Coke (of various caffeinated, decaf, and sugar-freecombinations).

Bokatu: What are your favorite feature in golgotha?

Dave: The Supergun 🙂

Bokatu: Have you seen many changes in the business since you’ve been around?

Dave: Less trust, more competition, more technology, less innovation.

Bokatu: Any new games planned in the future?

Dave: We’re probably going to focus on Golgotha until it ships and worry aboutthe next game after that. The market conditions change pretty quickly.