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Alex Neuse
Founder of Gaijin Games, Alex Neuse is a veteran of the game industry with over a decade of experience under his belt.
Early Career
Alex's first gaming industry jobs back in 1997 revolved around QA testing forLucasArts's Star Wars (Franchise) games, including Star Wars: X-Wing Collector's Series and Star Wars: Jedi Knight- Mysteries of the Sith as well as for Grim Fandango (Game). The following year, he was credited as Lead Tester for Star Wars: Episode I- Racer on the Game Boy Color (Platform) and Mac (Platform) versions of the game. He continued as Lead Tester and general QA testing in a few other Star Wars games and soon moved to Gameplay Consultant in 2000 on the PlayStation (Platform) version of Star Wars: Episode I- Jedi Power Battles and Star Wars: Demolition.
Alex finally started taking a serious look away from Star Wars and QA department in 2003 when he worked on level design for Gladius (Game). In 2005, he debuted with Activision (Company) on the title Whac-A-Mole where he was the title's Design Adviser. While at Activision, he worked on lesser-known titles such as Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball MAX'D and The Hustle: Detroit Streets. In 2006, he worked for EA Games (Company) as Superman Returns (Game)'s Project Manager.
Current Work
A year after leading for Superman Returns, he founded Gaijin Games where he now works as both game designer and CEO. The studio, including Chris Osborn (Person) and Mike Roush (Person), is currently working on their fourth Bit.Trip game, Bit.Trip RUNNER to be released on the Wii Shop Channel.
Miscellaneous
* Some of Alex's favorite game soundtracks include Rez (Game), Metroid (Game), Super Metroid (Game), Mega Man 3, the entireSilent Hill (Franchise) Silent Hill (Franchise) series, and PixelJunk Eden (Game).
- Favorite games include Stampede (Game), Super Metroid, Silent Hill 2 (Game), Cho-Aniki, Rez, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and dotstream.
- Although not listed as one of his favorite games, Parappa the Rapper changed Alex's life.
- He has been used in a promotional video for WarioWare D.I.Y. entitled "Alex Neuse Made It Too."
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