I have always enjoyed games, and especially so computer games. In the beginning of 1980 I played a lot of arcade games. It cost me money, but I got intrigued by the idea to learn how to make games myself.

After an education of Master of Science, I found that my strength lay in algorithms.

The idea to let players extend the game was mainly due to that I wanted to have fun with the algorithms, and have someone else invent the story. This was quite a stroke of luck, which I didn't realise until later.

Hi,I got an invitation from Cratylus to say something here. He also asked me for the date of the launch of LPMud. Unfortunately, I don't remember myself. I am happy to see that there is still activity around LPMud and similar applications, although I haven't been involved at all for a long time.A good question is, why did I start this idea? Well, something like this:Old memory popping up: When I first started to distribute LPMud for free, I look in the ftp-log if someone had downloaded it. I found an IP address, and connected to it with the default port. And sure enough, there the game was, up and running. I was probably inside the game before the new game administrator was there. I think he was extremly impressed by the advanced NPC he met there...Of course, LPmud was never a one-man work, and most ideas were probably already available in some form elsewhere. I had several friends (and later on a community) that helped me out. Today, I think the the idea with a platform that can be freely extended is extremly powerful. You can see the same concept at Facebook, PC, Linux/Gnu, Google Android, and soon Google Wave , Wikipedia, etc.Even though inactive in the MUD world, I was busy gaming in related world, WoW, for several years. Losing interest now as there really isn't happening much.The last 15 years, I have been working with embedded software in the automotive industry. Far away from gaming, but you have to make a living somewhere. Actually quite fun, even if you don't have much of a user interface.Will I ever get tired of computer games? What happens to old gamers when they grow old? (I am not yet half way to 100). I am not sure, but I still like gaming. However, you get more and more fastidious. Some new games are just the same as older ones, with better graphics and sound.I believe that Virtual Reality will continue to evolve in fantastic ways. Raymond Kurzweil is a fan of mine, even though he might seem to be a little on the optmisitic side.