Whatever happened to?

[thebitterguy]

I woke up this morning thinking "Man, I wonder what happened to Dave Pulver?"

Okay, actually I woke up this morning thinking "if I killed the morning host for the CBC, would I get convicted by a jury?" God, I hate that guy.

Anyway, after flipping through GURPS Y2K for a bit, I wondered "Man, what's happened to Dave Pulver?" I think it's been about a decade since I've seen him; we were at Anime North, back when it was still held in a U of T building. He and his brother were there doing their stuff (Dave was there as a Guest, his brother was there to playtest/promote a card game he'd developed). I hung out with them and Peter Donald (status: Missing in Central America) and got a ride with them back to Napanee. Peter took me to visit The Worldhouse, which was at this point on its last legs, being mostly a place where a cat hung out while dreams slowly died.

Anwyay, I googled him and found his web page (no blog, Dave?) and took a look through it. Doesn't appear to have been updated in a couple years, although it's possible he's just living the high life in Victoria on Steve Jackson royalty checks.

The most interesting thing was something I found on his published works page.

I was also involved in the initial stages of several other projects, which ranged from a Lost in Space interactive web site to a massively multiplayer Muppets roleplaying game. My favorite was a computer adventure game based on Gregory Benford's Galactic Center series of hard-sf novels (e.g., Great Sky River). However, Hollyworlds shut down its game development division before these projects could see the light of day.

Dude. A Muppets MMORPG. How awesome would THAT have been?

Comments

[maliszew.livejournal.com]

being mostly a place where a cat hung out while dreams slowly died.>/i>

That's quite a lovely evocation of the place in those days. Well done.

[rbowspryte.livejournal.com]

Dave moved to B.C. last I remember. I haven't talked to him in two years or more I think. I don't hae his contact info but I do have many of his books which he gave me before he left Kingston.

[thebitterguy]

Did you live in Kingston?

[rbowspryte.livejournal.com]

Nope! Just knew him from the con circuit and such...I consider myself a bit of a gaming groupee (as you well know).

[sdharing.livejournal.com]

David Pulver is still working on some super-number-crunchy projects for Steve Jackson Games in their GURPS line. He co-authored GURPS Ultra-Tech (a 2007 release), and is I believe working on the GURPS Vehicle Design Sytem.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, yeah. Cool. Will the VDS still be a 'break your teeth' type thing?

I wonder if there's as high an amusement factor to be found in reading the second ed GURPS Ultra Tech as there was in looking at the Top Secret SI "Guns, Gadgets & Getaway Gear" book.

[easyalchemy.livejournal.com]

I think no Canadian jury would convict you if you murdered any of the current CBC Radio hosts.
Unless Bill Richardson has come back, in which case, you'd be lynched before you got to trial.
They can take the new, 'hip' CBC Radio and shove it up Harper's ass, for all I care.

[willow-kat.livejournal.com]

*points above* Muppets game. That is my feeling on such a thing.

That is all.

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

A Muppets game would be pretty cool, but I think I know what would work even better - a Fraggle Rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraggle_rock) MMORPG...

[normanrafferty.livejournal.com]

I'll tell you what happened to Pulver -- the USD crash.

[mr-weasel.livejournal.com]

Okay, actually I woke up this morning thinking "if I killed the morning host for the CBC, would I get convicted by a jury?" God, I hate that guy.

Why do you hate Andy Barrie? Is he too pompous?

[thebitterguy]

He just annoys me on a dozen different levels. Primarily, his inability to hit his 'mute' button when he coughs.

Plus, he's another American taking work from hard working Canadians.