It's a fantasy stock market MMO - I wanted a game that lets you be Gordon Gecko, who uses his phone as his weapon.

Well, here goes nothin'....

Hey everybody, my name is Mike.  I'm a designer / light weight coder, currently working on ARGs, but really interested in mobile development (hooray iPhone).  I'm currently moonlighting as a game maker when I'm not at the 9 to whenever desk job, and I'm working on changing that around so that I'm making games all the time.

I spent a couple years working at EA, got tired of making the same game every year, and left to go to USC's Interactive Media Department.  I just graduated from there, and now I'm trying to turn my thesis into a living.

I'd post snazzy art from it, but my thesis game has no art what-so-ever; it's an entirely audio, casual MMO you played through your phone.  See what happens when you can't get an artist?  Cut the visuals all together.

Anyway, I decided to start posting here because, frankly, I'm getting tired of trying to do this stuff all on my own, and figured at least finding a community of other people doing it would be a good start.

Incidentally... anybody on here an iPhone, or an iPhone interested person in the Los Angeles area?  I'd love to talk to you.

As far as favorite games go, I've probably lost more time to the Civilization series than is healthy.  Also, Wing Commander in the pre Mark Hammil days.