masterninja
01-18-2008, 12:57 AM
I wanted to take a moment and pass on the fact that my good friend Mark Haigh-Hutchinson passed away yesterday from Terminal Pancreatic Cancer, leaving behind his wife and two young daughters. Many of you have played his games and probably not known it. He worked for Lucasarts for may years, working on many of their classic Star Wars franchise games. He was, in my opinion, one of the finest engineers and people I have had the pleasure to know.
When he went home ill in October we were in the middle of a lunchtime "Wings of War" game at the office and it has remained set up ever since(He having just shot a DRI out of the sky and lining up on my hapless Albatross). I will miss him greatly.
He was my friend and a wonderful gamer to play with.
Here is a list of the many games he worked on:
link (http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,3062/)
I imagine many of you have played them. One of the reasons so many of them are classics are due to him. He was the best.
I just tought we should honor this great developer in the industry who has worked on many great games i played.
And obviously at age 43 he died way too young so i wish the best to his family and friends.
When he went home ill in October we were in the middle of a lunchtime "Wings of War" game at the office and it has remained set up ever since(He having just shot a DRI out of the sky and lining up on my hapless Albatross). I will miss him greatly.
He was my friend and a wonderful gamer to play with.
Here is a list of the many games he worked on:
link (http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,3062/)
I imagine many of you have played them. One of the reasons so many of them are classics are due to him. He was the best.
I just tought we should honor this great developer in the industry who has worked on many great games i played.
And obviously at age 43 he died way too young so i wish the best to his family and friends.