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Merry New Year! It’s been a long year here at Rodent Towers. Who would have thought that we could continue to churn out top content month in, month out from our draughty little industrial unit here in Barnet?Over the last twelve issues or so, we’ve tracked down and interviewed some of the industry’s brightest stars, many of them hailing from that there way off land, America. We tried our best to make Trip Hawkins cry, published the toilet habits of a serial world record holder, shared hot chilli sauce cocktails with world PacMan champ Bill Mitchell and even learned to love the intricacies of Walter Day’s view on the world. And here, in one final round up, they tell us their highlights of 2006, their hopes and dreams for next year and even drop in a festive message or two just for you, our doting readers. And all this whilst subliminally managing to self promote their current projects. The bloody cheapskates... Anyway, read on dear Rodents and live the American dream for one last time in 2006... Howard Scott Warshaw - Former Atari 2600 Programmer
What videogame presents would you like Santa to bring you for Christmas this year? Without question, the number one hot present this Xmas is the "Once Upon ATARI" DVD from Once Upon Atari. Ahem. What was your videogame highlight of 2006? Highlight of 2006 is the Wii system with the first kinetic controller. Will it go big time? We'll see, but it's one of the biggest innovations in computer gaming in a long time, in my opinion. What's on your videogame wishlist for next year? I want games that are played in real time in the real world with cell phones. RTRWI (Real Time Real World Interactive) games break out this year and introduce a whole new way to play. That's my wish, and I'm working on it. Your Christmas message: Sometimes life dares you to do incredible, outrageous or even ridiculous things, yet you know in your heart they are totally you. Most people ignore them. Next time ask yourself "Is this who I really want to be at least once in MY life?" If the answer is yes, DO IT! No matter what the consequences you will never regret it. Happy everything to everybody at WoTR, HSW. Trip Hawkins - Founder of EA and 3DO. Now CEO of Mobile Games company Digital Chocolate.
What videogame presents would you like Santa to bring you for Christmas this year? I'd like to see 200 million people get new mobile phones and check out how much fun the best new mobile games can be!! Especially if people try out the free mobile avatars at avapeeps.com. What was your videogame highlight of 2006? Maintaining my number 1 rank on the leader board for MLSN Sports Picks. Also, the pleasant surprise that Digital Chocolate released 15 major new mobile video games and 14 of them won industry awards, wow, what a pleasant surprise! What's on your videogame wishlist for next year? Checking out the Wii once it is easier to buy one without re-enacting that Schwarzenegger movie, Jingle All The Way. Your Christmas message: Merry Christmas to all at Rodent! May you stir your mouse and your joystick all through the house, clobbering your opponents but keeping your friends! Todd Rogers - Holder of over 2,000 Videogame World Records.
What videogame presents would you like Santa to bring you for Christmas this year? A Super Pac-man Arcade Machine OR a 1 yr subscription to Retro Gamer Magazine. What was your videogame highlight of 2006? Breaking a 25yr long record on Drag-Race on the first day of playing it. Meeting all the wonderful mates that I have made from England, and getting interviewed on XM Radio. Oh and being interviewed by Rodent of course. What's on your videogame wishlist for next year? To have my picture on the cover of an issue of Way Of The Rodent. Your Christmas message: Ho,Ho,Ho and a Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrry Christmas to all the Way of The Rodent family and all of It's readers. From Todd Rogers and Family. Walter Day - Chief Referee and President of Videogame High Score authority, Twin Galaxies.
What videogame presents would you like Santa to bring you for Christmas this year? Twin Galaxies was filmed by five different independent rival documentary film crews, doing stories on Twin Galaxies' role as the founder of organized video game playing. I'd like to get all these films in my Xmas Stocking. What was your videogame highlight of 2006? Guinness World Records and Twin Galaxies working together to crown the champions of electronic gaming, as shown in the pages of the 2007 Guinness World Record Book. What's on your videogame wishlist for next year? Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game & Pinball Book of Records goes on sale worldwide January 27, 2007. I hope that it fuels an intense high-score rivalry between the US, British and Serbo-Croatian players -- the "Big Three" in gaming. Your Rodent Christmas message: Seasons Greetings, and thank you, Way Of The Rodent, for your wonderful friendship and support of the hobby. December 2006
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