Mr. TOK
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Semi-Retired, Freelance Writer, Designer, RPG Design, Manuscript Editing, Digital Artwork & Magazine Development |
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Introduction | During my early youth, I was introduced to roleplaying games through pre-testing of Dungeons&Dragons (manuscript and creative content with some substitution only). Later, I became homeless but worked during in various stages of construction. After moving to San Francisco during mid-2001, I attended City College of San Francisco to learn various software programs, including Flash, ULead/VideoStudio, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, and QuickBooks, just to name a few. Now, I spend my time in semi-retirement designing and writing. The Zothaarean Sourcebook is the culmination of my youth experience of the D&D RPG systemization and my older experiences in game design methodology. Currently in the process of writing TZSb (2021). |
| Interests | Writing and Designing, Surviving Pandemic, Adjusting to Age, Refining Living Process, Understanding Natural Borders, Meeting Individuals, Avoiding Compromising Situations, Learning New Software, Digital Format Design, Basketball Exercises, Reading (like Mark Rosenfelder's "The Language Construction Kit" and John Keel's "The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story." I spend some time writing my online journal, blog, and other resources. Currently, I'm donating my time recreating a Historical Miniature Wargame for convention play, managing my private life, graphic design, and elderly planning. |
| Favorite movies | The Bourne Series; The Expanse, The James Bond 007 Series, Star Trek VIII: First Contact, Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, Chain Reaction, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Cloverfield; Mission Impossible Series, and Momentum. |
| Favorite music | Classical, New Age, Blues, Rock & Roll. |
| Favorite books | Thomas Paine, Age of Reason; John Keel, Mothman Prophecies: A True Story; Philip Norman, John Lennon: The Life; Ted Koppel, Off Camera: Private Thoughts Made Public; Carrie Fisher, Delusions of Grandma; Christopher Andersen, The Day Diana Died; Geir Kjetsaa, Fyodor Dostoevsky: A Writer's Life; Friedrich Nietzsche, On The Genealogy of Morals & Ecce Homo (Walter Kaufman); Noam Chomsky, Hegemony Or Survival: America's Quest For Global Dominance; Carolyn Miller, Digital Storytelling: A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment; Robert Kuntz, A New Ethos In Game Design: The Paradigm Shift Originated by Dungeons & Dragons, 1972-1977; Chris Crawford, The Art of Interactive Design; Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation |