- Robert Woodhead
Robert J. Woodhead is a
entrepreneur ,software engineer and formergame programmer . He claims that a common thread in his career is "doing weird things with computers". Along withAndrew C. Greenberg , he created the Apple II game "", one of the first role-playing games (RPGs) written for apersonal computer , as well as several of its sequels.Later, he authored Interferon and Virex, two of the earliest anti-virus applications for the
Macintosh , and co-foundedAnimEigo , one of the first USanime releasing companies. He also runs a search engine promotion website called SelfPromotion.com. As a result of this venture, while living inJapan , he married his translator andinterpreter , Natsumi Ueki, together with whom he has two children. [moby developer|id=23237|name=Robert Woodhead]As a hobby, he builds combat robots, and his children, James Ueki and Alex Ueki, are the
2004 and2005 Robot Fighting League National Champions in the 30 lb Featherweight class.Woodhead made a cameo appearance in the
1982 RPG "Ultima II " as an NPC; when the Avatar talked to him he would scream "Copy Protect!", a sarcastic reference to the extensivecopy protection methods used in computer games of the time. He also has a screen credit in the filmReal Genius as their "Hacking Consultant".References
External links
* [http://www.animeigo.com Animeigo homepage]
* [http://www.madoverlord.com Family website]
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