Andrew

Designer

Andrew has many interests. Chief among them is destroying lesser beings in RTS games.

Equal parts self-proclaimed mountain giant and supercomputer, Andrew Brownell loves working for Red 5 as a designer.

His career to date’s been a storied one. after leaving school, he decided that his love of gaming could—and should—translate into a job, so he got a job at Blizzard Entertainment as a QA tester during the production of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. We’re proud to have him as part of “The Tribe”.

In his free time (no, really—he _swears_ he has some), Andrew enjoys destroying lesser beings in RTS games, and seeing the more interesting parts of the planet with his wife, Kristin.

Q: What was the first game you just couldn’t stop playing?
A: I was wonderfully addicted to Warcraft III, and have played around ten thousand games of it online. There were many nights where I should’ve gone to bed about one, two, or eight hours earlier, but I would find myself playing that 17th consecutive solo or team match. I was a big believer in the gamer’s eternal motto: “Just one more game”.

Q: What was your childhood dream job?
A: When I was growing up I wanted to make games…well, that, and the whole “take over the world” bit. But seriously, if I could somehow go back in time and tell my childhood self about my Red 5 job, there would be some _major_ high-fiving going on. WOOT!

Q: What was your favorite toy growing up?
A: I loved building ridiculously large space bases out of my Legos. I was all about making major pieces detachable, so I’d make cars and ships that could break off and attack my enemies. I never found those enemies, mind you, but my base was _so_ ready, let me tell you!

Q: What is the best hand you have had at poker and lost?
A: I was holding pocket threes in the big blind in a nine-handed ring game online. The preflop action limps around, and I check. Five players see the flop which is a king-four-three rainbow. I check-call a bet made by a middle position player. The turn brings another four. I check-raise my betting opponent, and he calls. The river is the case 3. My opponent and I get all-in and my quad 3s lose to my opponent’s quad 4s.