Name: Scott Kurtz
Vitals: Cartoonist, 36, married
Education: High School and some college. Attended the University of North Texas for advertising art. Dropped out after my professors told the entire department that computers would never be used for commercial art.
Publications: PvP is published monthly by Image Comics. Have also done work here and there for PC Gamer and Dragon Magazine.
Platforms played: PC, Xbox 360, Gamecube/Wii/DS.
Genres played (in order of exposure): My gaming started in pizzerias with Arcade stand ups. All the early home consoles and quasi-PCs (Atari 800xl, Commodore 64). Most of the Infocom games and Exodus games. Got hooked on all the Blizzard titles starting with
Diablo and
Warcraft. First online gaming experience was
Command & Conquer, then
UO and
EverQuest.
Multiplayer or single-player: Multiplayer, massively.
My favorite Top 10 games ever played:
Miner 2049er
Exodus: Ultima 3 Ultima Online Diablo 2 Warcraft 2 EverQuest World of Warcraft Guitar Hero Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Command & Conquer
What makes me tick: Pretty much anything comic book, sci-fi/fantasy movies, Apple products and the American comic strip.