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Pixel Mine Founders
Pixel Mine has some of the most experienced and talented developers in the game industry. Our founders have had a hand in shipping over 100 high quality titles. You can read more about each of the Pixel Mine founders below.

Doug Gesler - Chief Operations Officer Before joining Pixel Mine, Doug co-founded Asylumsoft and co-developed Dransik, the original game concept that became Ashen Empires. Prior to that, Doug served as MIS Director for a major automotive supplier. Doug has been a part of the creation of several game titles including Area 51, Tony Hawk American Wasteland, The Crossing, True Crime and Stubbs the Zombie. Doug is a co-founder of Iron Will Games where he serves as Chief Operations Officer of the MMORPG, Ashen Empires. View Doug's Moby Games entry. What's your favorite game? "Quake World (M.O.P. POW) and Command & Conquer." What moment in the game industry is most memorable to you? "The cashier at Gamespot recognized my name from the work I did on Area 51." What do you like most about being a developer? "The satisfaction I get from watching people enjoy my work." What do you wish you knew 20 years ago that you know today? "I wish I knew that MMOs would take off as good as they did 10 years ago."

Denis Loubet - Art Director With over 25 years of experience, Denis is one of the most experienced and respected artists in both the paper and computer game industry. His art has been featured in over 25 published paper games, modules, and supplements for Steve Jackson Games, Iron Crown, and Hero Games. In ten years as Senior Artist for Origin, Denis created cover art, 3D cinematics, tile graphics, animations, and concept art for over 30 games, including Ultima III-IX, Ultima Online, Ultima Underworld, the Wing Commander series and Crusader. Denis is a co-founder of Iron Will Games where he serves as Art Director for the MMORPG Ashen Empires. View Denis' Moby Games entry. What's your favorite game? "Thief, the whole series." What moment in the game industry is most memorable to you? "The moment I knew Wing Commander was going to be a hit. I saw the playtesters ducking and dodging the missiles." What do you like most about being a developer? "I like the idea that a lot of people see, and are affected by, my art. I get fan mail that says things like I’m responsible for them being in the industry, or that I caused them to become artists." What do you wish you knew 20 years ago that you know today? "How badly I was going to be used."

Bill Money - Chief Creative Officer Bill began his game career at Looking Glass before joining Sierra/Dynamix as the Project Leader and Designer for the Front Page Sports: Baseball series and the award winning, Driver's Education, a 3D educational driving simulator. Bill also produced the online multiplayer game Fireteam in 1998 and designed the voice chat program FireTalk. Bill moved to GlassEye where he produced, designed and programmed the PC title, Microsoft Casino. Later at Ion Storm, Bill produced Deus Ex: Invisible War for the Xbox and PC and was the Project Leader and Designer of Deus Ex for the Playstation2. Bill is a co-founder of Iron Will Games where he serves as Creative Director for the MMORPG, Ashen Empires. View Bill's Moby Games entry. What's your favorite game? "I don’t have just one, but some of my favorites are Wizardry I, Everquest, Diablo II and Deus Ex." What moment in the game industry is most memorable to you? "There have been many, but probably being able to attend the 1996 baseball all-star game and getting to meet lots of legendary players when I worked on the Front Page Sports baseball game." What do you like most about being a developer? "Interacting with the community." What do you wish you knew 20 years ago that you know today? "Pretty much everything."

David Reese - President David started his game career in 1994 as a game tester at Origin on Wing Commander 3. Later, as a senior programmer at Multitude, David helped to create Fireteam, a first-of-its-kind, massively multi- player combat action game that featured over-the-Internet voice communication. David then took on the role of Vice President of Product Development for TKO Software, heading up the Austin development team effort. David has worked on the XBox and PC versions of Deus Ex: Invisible War, Ashen Empires, Stubbs the Zombie, Tony Hawk American Wasteland, True Crime: New York City and the internet gaming title, Let’s Poker. David is a co-founder of Iron Will Games where he serves as Chief Technical Officer of the MMORPG, Ashen Empires. View David's Moby Games entry. What's your favorite game? "Master of Orion 1 and 2, Master of Magic, Civilization Series and the early Ultima Series (1 through 4)." What moment in the game industry is most memorable to you? "Playing Zork (the text adventure on the Commodore 64) and the years where new cool games were coming out every couple of weeks in the mid 80’s." What do you like most about being a developer? "Its fun. I can wear shorts and I like making games." What do you wish you knew 20 years ago that you know today? "How to start my own company."

Michael Songy - Chief Technology Officer Prior to co-founding Pixel Mine, Mike was Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of TKO Software where he oversaw and contributed to development of successful titles for PC, console, handheld, and mobile platforms. Earlier in his career Mike served as Director of Design Engineering at Celoxica, a leading developer of design automation tools for reconfigurable hardware platforms. As a leader of Creative Labs’ Custom Engineering team, Mike led the development of graphics card drivers, a Glide to Direct3D translation driver, and content creation tools for the Games Industry. Prior to Creative Labs, Mike worked as a Software Engineer at Quantum 3D, Origin Systems, Microprose, and Holy Grail Productions. Mike has a track record of technical innovation, particularly in the field of 3D graphics. Mike has contributed to such compelling titles such as Medal of Honor Pacific Assault, Medal of Honor Allied Assault: Breakthrough, Falcon IV, Crusader, and Wing Commander III. Mike is a co-founder of Pyramind Labs LLC, where he serves as CEO. View Michael's Moby Games entry. What's your favorite game? "My answer will be different depending on when you ask me. Right now I'm thinking System Shock 2, but I think that's partially because I'm eagerly anticipating Bioshock. Here's my other favorites: Thief, Deus Ex, System Shock, Fallout, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Ultima 3, Master of Magic, Half Life, Half Life 2, KOTOR. And I'm probably forgetting a few." What moment in the game industry is most memorable to you? "My first day in the industry, in QA at Origin Systems. EA and Origin Systems made most of my favorite games for the Commodore 64, and my first day working for Origin was surreal to me, like a dream." What do you like most about being a developer? "The occasional chance to innovate and be really creative on internal projects. That and I like the very connected nature of the game industry, it's great for networking." What do you wish you knew 20 years ago that you know today? "That if I took up smoking, I'd still be smoking in 20 years. Also, I wish I took up game development earlier to get a chance to get in on the pioneering days of game development, when games were smaller and easier to make, and more importantly when the opportunity was better for individuals and small teams to strike gold."