User:Matthew Medina

Greetings, programs!

Summary
My name is Matthew Medina, and I have just transitioned to being one of the content designers on Guild Wars 2. I'm one of the old dogs around here, having the distinction of being a part of the GW craziness since early 2003, and a 10+ year career at various other companies in the Seattle area before that.

My Current Tasklist
Spawning monsters, NPC's and creating (hopefully) fun things for players to do!

Personal

 * I am married, with a 5 and a half year old son. My wife is a gamer as well, who has finished Prophecies and got halfway through Nightfall with me. My son is a gamer-in-the-making as he likes to watch me "squish the bad guys".
 * I am addicted to spicy chicken teriyaki.
 * I always play female avatars.
 * I started in the game industry as a QA tester, and my first art job was to convert backgrounds to 16 color palettes for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
 * The 7th Guest was the game that inspired me to get into the industry - I saw those 3D graphics and knew immediately that I wanted to do that.
 * I am an atheist in a family of devout Roman Catholics.
 * I fight against breast cancer and leukemia wherever and however I can, in memory of my mother.
 * I am always in flip flops, or preferably barefoot, year round.

My characters on Live
I don't really play one particular class more than any other, although if I had to choose the most satisfying character of mine so far, it would have to be my Dervish because of her excellent animations and the multi-hit scythe attacks.


 * Matthew Medina - My Tank
 * Barefoot Contessa - Mesmer\Ranger
 * Barefoot Devotee - All Scythe Dervish
 * Barefoot Curate - Healing Monk
 * Barefoot Elemental - Nuker Elly
 * Barefoot Paladin - Paragon
 * Elspeth Roiann - Ranger
 * Raina Roiann - Warrior

Contacting Me
I'm not quite as active on the wiki as some of the devs, but I will do my best to try and check in whenever possible.