About the Author

Les Pardew is a video game and entertainment industry veteran with 15 years of industry experience. His work in the industry includes more than 100 video game titles. He currently serves as president of Alpine Studios, which he founded with Ross Wolfley in the fall of 2000. He was the founder of Saffire, one of the industry’s preeminent game developers. He built the company from humble beginnings in his basement to a thriving group of over 120 programmers, artists, musicians, and other creative people. In 1995, Saffire was named by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of America’s hottest new companies and in 1999, it was 32nd on the Utah 100 list. Les started his career in video games in 1987 doing animation for Magic Johnson Fast Break Basketball for the Commodore 64. He went on to create art for dozens of major games including Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Star Wars, Wrestle Mania, NCAA Basketball, Stanley Cup Hockey, Jack Nicholas Golf, and Where in the World/USA is Carman Sandiego to name a few.