NEWEST INTARVIEW:

Kenn Hoerkstra of Raven Software - he made Soldare of Fortune and Heretic 2 and is makeing Star Track - L33T Force!!!

BY JEFF K!!!!!!!!!!!!

5-02-2000!

i haev intarviewed Ken Horkstar of Raven. I palayed Soldare of Fortune teh othar day and says "This si a vary good gaem!" so I emaled him and asked if I could intarview him for My games siet and (ONCE AGAIN) I have scooped Inscite Magazine with cuting edge jounralism!!! so reads teh intarview and when yuo are done yuo can go back to my excellint homepaeg!!! Oh, and BLUES NEWS BETTAR POST NEWS OF THIS INTARVIEW OR IM GOING TO PUINCH HIM AT E3 IF I CAN GET IT! IF I CANT GET IN, IM GOING TO PUNCH HIM WHEN HE LEAVES SO LOOK OUT BLUE, IM COMEING AFTAR YUO BUDDY!!!!!!!!!! I CAN BEATS YUO UP BLUE AND FRANS TOO!!! ITS CLOBBERIN TIME, CHARLIE#

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JEFF K- Okey, first of all, Who are yuo and what do yuo do?!?

Kenn Hoekstra- My name is Kenn Hoekstra and I'm the Project Administrator for Raven Software...

JEFF K- Yuou adminstar projects? How do you do that?

JEFF K- Like give them needles?

JEFF K- Hot soup?

JEFF K- Bagels?

Kenn Hoekstra- It's a difficult process and kids, don't try this at home...

JEFF K - What decided to yuo too make soldar of fortune? Where yuo at teh gas station and saw maagzazines and says yuo wants to make a game about magazine s but couldant make "Bettar Homes and Gardans" into a good gaem and so yuo made Soldar of Fortune???

Kenn Hoekstra - Um...not exactly. We wanted to make an action game that took place in the real world with real situations, enemies, weapons and environments. Activision suggested getting the SoF license and we ran with it.

JEFF K - AND "Bettar Homes and Gardans" was taken right?!?!?

Kenn Hoekstra - Yeah.

JEFF K - BY monolith probaly

JEFF K - yuo haev real guns in Soladar of Fortune but then yuo gets teh goofy Micorwave gun and shots teh ligtning at dentists in Hong Kong. Why did yuo include that? my friend Jerry sausys its teh best guns evar, but he si stupid sometimes.

DONT SHOOTS ME PLEAS KENN HORKSTRA, I WILL NOT MAEK FUN OF TEH STUPID MICORWAVE GUN ANYMORE

Kenn Hoekstra - Well, we wanted to throw in a high tech weapon or two to show the player that "The Shop" wasn't a Mickey Mouse operation. We read about a prototype MPG in the Jane's weapon guide so we took creative license with it.

JEFF K - Who 's Jane?

Kenn Hoekstra - Jane is our little invisible friend... She writes war stuff books.

JEFF K - Duke shot tstrippars. NO STRIPPARS IN SOLDAR OF FORTUNE, just guys in a meat factory

Kenn Hoekstra - John was too busy clearing out the Subway to enjoy the rest of New York... =)

JEFF K - Duke has sunglasses. John Mullareds has a silley hat. WINNAR? DUKE NUKAM.!

JEFF K - Yuo have limited save game numbars in solardar of Fortune, how come yuo did that instead of PICKING UP MAGIC GAME COINS that let yuo save? that si a vary good idea, yuo could use them in phone booths , Daiatanaka has magic game saves tokens too use!!!

JEFF K - Magic save coins = good idea,

Kenn Hoekstra - Actually, you can give yourself unlimited saves in the custom options menu. The Shop must have been all out of magic coins that day...

JEFF K - Yes, I know that! I HAX0RED THE DLL FILE AND SAW THAT, THANK YUO VARY MUCH SIR!!

Kenn Hoekstra - Um...you're welcome.

JEFF K - there si lots of blood in yuor game, do yuo worrey leutennant Kernal Grossman will talks about yuor gaem on TV and cry when he playas it?

JEFF K - Grossman Says "DONT PLAY GAMES WITH GUNS - PLAY GAMES WITH CLOWNS AND LOVE"

Kenn Hoekstra - I think we've done our part to stay out of the good Colonel's line of fire. The parental lock options and low violence version of the game should answer most of his concerns. What's wrong with Clowns and Love?

JEFF K - clowns ar vary bad!!. didant you see "Killar Clowns from Outar Space????" They had Popcorn gun, maybe yuo can use that In "SOldar of Fortune 2: John Gets Jiggy Wid It". Bettar than a goofey Microwave gun!!!

Kenn Hoekstra - Actually, I have seen that movie... A Klassic, if I do say so myself...

JEFF K - shots popcorn at terorsists at Arbys

Kenn Hoekstra - Heh...I'll pass your Arby's idea by Activision and the team leads. Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but I think they'll love it!

JEFF K - I WANT CREDIT and money

JEFF K - $60,000

JEFF K - and i watnt box to say "JEFF K.'S SOLDAR OF FORTUNE 2"

Kenn Hoekstra - I'll have to talk to George Rose, Activision's lawyer about that. He handles the contract stuff...

Kenn Hoekstra - Well...the contracts that John Mullins doesn't handle, anyway...

JEFF K - Hahaha, "Rose"!!! I could beat him in Quaek!!!

JEFF K - Why did yuo chose to use teh Daykatana engine instead of Lithtach 6.3?

Kenn Hoekstra - Quake II was the best option for us at the time since we just finished using for Heretic II when we started SoF...

JEFF K - heretic 22 had teh elf right?

Kenn Hoekstra - Yep. Corvus...

JEFF K - "OH NO, MY PEOPLE ARE DRIVAN CRAZY WITH LUST"

JEFF K - save them, elfy! go and pick up magic books

Kenn Hoekstra - That's the one.

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