{"data":{"id":13338,"title":"Meet David Swofford","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/transmission\/13338-Meet-David-Swofford","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/13338","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/13338","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"Meet the team","images":[{"id":980,"name":"2013-01-15_headshots_david_swofford_01.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/yne66326teqwnr\/source\/2013-01-15_headshots_david_swofford_01.jpg","alt":"","size":2697623,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-10-23T16:20:58+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/980","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/980\/similar"}],"images_count":1,"translations":{"en_EN":"You may have seen David Swofford on stage at the Gamescom Hangar announcement in August. David, an Origin Systems veteran who worked on a number of Wing Commander games, has been with the Star Citizen campaign since the very beginning, organizing Chris Roberts\u2019 media interaction and getting the word out about the game with the press. Want to know more? David will appear on this week\u2019s Wingman\u2019s Hangar!\n\nHow did you get started in the game industry?\nI came to the game industry from the TV news industry. I was a journalist and I spent 15 years as an anchor\/reporter, most of it at the local CBS affiliate in Austin. The woman I was co-anchoring the news with was married to the PR manager at Origin System, who was about to move into more of a marketing role. I was asked if I\u2019d be interested in moving into PR for a game company. How was I going to turn that one down? That was 1993 and I haven\u2019t looked back once.\n\nWhat projects have you worked on?\nLet me see if I can remember them all. Wing Commander III, IV and Prophecy. Privateer 2, Jane\u2019s Combat Sims games (Longbow and Longbow 2, F15) Ultima VIII, Ultima Online, Ultima IX Ascension, System Shock, Wings of Glory, BioForge, CyberMage, Crusader, Sid Meier\u2019s Gettysburg!, Sid Meier\u2019s Alpha Centauri. At NCsoft where I worked from 2001 to 2008 I worked on Guild Wars, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa.\n\nWhat are you doing for Cloud Imperium?\nI\u2019m handling all the PR and media relations for Cloud Imperium Games and Star Citizen. So I work directly with some of the sites that are probably familiar to many such as Polygon, GameSpot, IGN, PC Gamer, Gamasutra, Shack News, etc. I also work directly with press outlets in Germany, the UK, France and many others in Europe and other parts of the world.\n\nWhat are you most excited to see in Star Citizen\/Squadron 42?\nWithout a doubt, dogfighting\n\nWhat are you playing right now?\nMostly games on mobile devices like Plants vs. Zombies and a few hidden object games like The Secrets of Grisly Manor. But when I really get time on my PC, I\u2019m a big Civilization player. Civ 2 is probably still my favorite game of all time\u2026 well, besides Wing III. :)","de_DE":"Du hast David Swofford vielleicht auf der B\u00fchne bei der Ank\u00fcndigung des Gamescom Hangars im August gesehen. David, ein Veteran von Origin Systems, der an einer Reihe von Wing Commander-Spielen gearbeitet hat, ist von Anfang an bei der Star Citizen-Kampagne dabei, organisiert Chris Roberts' Medieninteraktion und informiert die Presse \u00fcber das Spiel. M\u00f6chten Sie mehr erfahren? David wird diese Woche im Hangar von Wingman's erscheinen!\n\nWie bist du in der Spieleindustrie gestartet?\nIch kam von der TV-Nachrichtenbranche in die Spieleindustrie. Ich war Journalist und verbrachte 15 Jahre als Anker\/Reporter, die meisten davon bei der lokalen CBS-Tochtergesellschaft in Austin. Die Frau, mit der ich die Nachrichten mitverantwortete, war mit dem PR-Manager von Origin System verheiratet, der im Begriff war, in eine eher marketingorientierte Rolle zu wechseln. Ich wurde gefragt, ob ich daran interessiert sei, in die PR f\u00fcr eine Spielefirma einzusteigen. Wie sollte ich das ablehnen? Das war 1993 und ich habe nicht ein einziges Mal zur\u00fcckgeschaut.\n\nAn welchen Projekten hast du gearbeitet?\nLass mich sehen, ob ich mich an sie alle erinnern kann. Kommandant III, IV und Prophezeiung. Privateer 2, Jane's Combat Sims Spiele (Longbow und Longbow 2, F15) Ultima VIII, Ultima Online, Ultima IX Ascension, System Shock, Wings of Glory, BioForge, CyberMage, Crusader, Sid Meier's Gettysburg!, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. Bei NCsoft, wo ich von 2001 bis 2008 arbeitete, arbeitete ich an Guild Wars, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Auto Assault und Tabula Rasa.\n\nWas machst du f\u00fcr Cloud Imperium?\nIch k\u00fcmmere mich um die gesamte PR- und Medienarbeit f\u00fcr Cloud Imperium Games und Star Citizen. Also arbeite ich direkt mit einigen der Seiten, die vielen wahrscheinlich bekannt sind, wie z.B. Polygon, GameSpot, IGN, PC Gamer, Gamasutra, Shack News, etc. Ich arbeite auch direkt mit Pressestellen in Deutschland, Gro\u00dfbritannien, Frankreich und vielen anderen in Europa und anderen Teilen der Welt zusammen.\n\nWas freut dich am meisten in Star Citizen\/Squadron 42 zu sehen?\nZweifellos ist der Nahkampf\n\nWas spielst du gerade?\nHaupts\u00e4chlich Spiele auf mobilen Ger\u00e4ten wie Pflanzen vs. Zombies und ein paar Wimmelbildspiele wie The Secrets of Grisly Manor. Aber wenn ich wirklich Zeit auf meinem PC habe, bin ich ein gro\u00dfer Civilization-Spieler. Civ 2 ist wahrscheinlich immer noch mein Lieblingsspiel aller Zeiten.... nun, neben Fl\u00fcgel III. :)","zh_CN":"You may have seen David Swofford on stage at the Gamescom Hangar announcement in August. David, an Origin Systems veteran who worked on a number of Wing Commander games, has been with the Star Citizen campaign since the very beginning, organizing Chris Roberts\u2019 media interaction and getting the word out about the game with the press. Want to know more? David will appear on this week\u2019s Wingman\u2019s Hangar!\n\nHow did you get started in the game industry?\nI came to the game industry from the TV news industry. I was a journalist and I spent 15 years as an anchor\/reporter, most of it at the local CBS affiliate in Austin. The woman I was co-anchoring the news with was married to the PR manager at Origin System, who was about to move into more of a marketing role. I was asked if I\u2019d be interested in moving into PR for a game company. How was I going to turn that one down? That was 1993 and I haven\u2019t looked back once.\n\nWhat projects have you worked on?\nLet me see if I can remember them all. Wing Commander III, IV and Prophecy. Privateer 2, Jane\u2019s Combat Sims games (Longbow and Longbow 2, F15) Ultima VIII, Ultima Online, Ultima IX Ascension, System Shock, Wings of Glory, BioForge, CyberMage, Crusader, Sid Meier\u2019s Gettysburg!, Sid Meier\u2019s Alpha Centauri. At NCsoft where I worked from 2001 to 2008 I worked on Guild Wars, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa.\n\nWhat are you doing for Cloud Imperium?\nI\u2019m handling all the PR and media relations for Cloud Imperium Games and Star Citizen. So I work directly with some of the sites that are probably familiar to many such as Polygon, GameSpot, IGN, PC Gamer, Gamasutra, Shack News, etc. I also work directly with press outlets in Germany, the UK, France and many others in Europe and other parts of the world.\n\nWhat are you most excited to see in Star Citizen\/Squadron 42?\nWithout a doubt, dogfighting\n\nWhat are you playing right now?\nMostly games on mobile devices like Plants vs. Zombies and a few hidden object games like The Secrets of Grisly Manor. But when I really get time on my PC, I\u2019m a big Civilization player. Civ 2 is probably still my favorite game of all time\u2026 well, besides Wing III. :)"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":42,"created_at":"2013-10-23T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"12 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-04-28 23:47:41","valid_relations":["images","links","translations"],"prev_id":13337,"next_id":13339}}