What a great time machine trip!! Aaaahhh... Age of Empires!!! I will never forget the day I first loaded it up and saw a "Scenario Builder" button on the main menu. What the devil is this, I thought?? Clicked on it, and never looked back.
Shortly before this video was made, though, one of the top designers Rick Goodman (Tony's brother) had left ES and started his own company, Stainless Steel Studios. When Rick saw the reception my AoE work had received here at Heaven Games, he shot me an email and less than a week later I'd been hired as a professional game designer on Empire Earth.
I scoured this video looking for footage of Rick, but alas, he was now one of ES's top competitors and whatever shots they had of him didn't make the final cut.
I miss Rick's visionary genius terribly. It's time for someone to reboot Empire Earth and get Rick Goodman back in the RTS business.
Thank you so much for unearthing and sharing this, HG!
Author, playwright, and lecturer, New York City
Lead Writer, Reverie World Studios, (2008 - present)
Director of Voice Acting, Reverie World Studios, (2014 - present)[This message has been edited by Gordon Farrell (edited 07-24-2016 @ 03:10 PM).]