Written by Jody Robinson

Walking through the hall to get away from the West Hall was a little harder than I expected Thursday morning. Everyone pretty much wanted to get where I already was so going against the flow was a pain. I have a feeling it was the Nintendo Game Cube or Game Boy Advance that most of them desired to see. All I wanted to do is get away from it.

On my way up the ramp to South Hall, I had something that caught my attention. Two very nice looking men dressed in identical shirts. One had blonde hair and the other brown. The blonde guy was strolling some suitcase on wheels carefully as he dodged the crowd. Once he was in the clearing he looked a little more satisfied with his journey that he actually made it through in one piece without anything tipping over. I walked up to ask the brown haired guy about the game mentioned on the back of his shirt. I couldn't handle just not saying anything with the impressive art detail on it. He was very happy I noticed it. Being an old timer and fanatic for Top Cow's comics, I told him it reminded me of that style of art. I left them and went my own journey for the rest of the day. Seeing both of them about 4-5 times during that day but only waving to them when they noticed me.

By that evening I walked to the entrance of the convention center to check outside for anyone I knew. Skimming everyone's heads I saw a whole crew of StarBreeze Studios guys in those awesome shirts again. Being the curious girl I am, I noticed that the two guys I met earlier that morning weren't there so I went to see what these six guys were up to. Much like the first two guys, these guys were just as friendly. One of them in the batch looked familiar so it bothered me that I couldn't remember where I have seen him before.

By the time I was finished talking to them I found out that I did know one of the guys from a Professional Gamers League event I attended in 1998. He was in the StarCraft competition as the nickname of something on the order of Froggy. After talking to them for at least forty-five minutes I realized I never actually introduced myself. How rude is that? So out of the blue I said, "By the way, my name is Jody Robinson. I am also known as Cali Girl online." One of the guys said, "What! Cali Girl from GX? Not Gamers Extreme's Cali Girl?" I was relieved yet honored that two of them knew of me. It gave me that feeling that I have known them for years from them knowing my background.

They pretty much gave me an outline on an upcoming title StarBreeze Studios will be working on. Being a Real Time Strategy addict in the past, I am automatically drawn to games that have this style of gameplay so I was intrigued with the concept.

Right now most of the StarBreeze Studios team is working on an upcoming fantasy first person shooter called Enclave. The game is going to be on the X-box platform. I checked out movie teaser at the booth and felt it has a creative touch. It basically showed off the characters but in a way that made me even more curious about the game. You can count on me to keep an eagle's eye on this one.

David Martin, Guillaume Patry, Jody Robinson (Cali Girl), and Victor Martyn.

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