about

Hey, my real name is James Mansfield (known online as "Pongles"). I was born in England in 1987, spending my early years in the beautiful country-side. I never really took an interest in school, instead concentrating on my own personal work with computers. I became a video-game developer when Half-Life appeared on the scene in 1998, not only was it a fantastic video-game but it also provided an insanely powerful set of modding tools. I spent a few years away from video-games when I started my own web-design and hosting business at 16. Upon my return to video-games I joined an upcoming HL2 modification called Insurgency. The two years of labour I put into that project finally showed when it won ModDB's Mod of the Year 2007 (sponsored by AMD). During this time I also helped Maverick Development fulfill their QinetQ (a British defense technology company) contracts. After a quick adventure in Telecommunications I found myself having an offer in my inbox to work in Vancouver, Canada as a games programmer at 19 for Threewave Software. I soon started work on the multiplayer for Ghostbusters and continued on the project until it shipped in June 16, 2009.

That's the story so far.

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