Meet The Feed: Eugene Morton – Interactive Producer, Attack Of The Show
Greetings and Salutations Feed readers! My name is Eugene Morton, Interactive Producer for Attack of the Show and I’ve come to drop some knowledge, and possibly a bit of ignorance, about what I do to help make G4tv.com the greatest website known to humankind (the Martians are pretty fond of the site as well, or so I hear). Take a moment from your busy day and giver ear.
Interview: Eugene Morton – Interactive Producer, Attack of the Show!
By: Jeff Kanjanapangka
Jeff: What type of Gamer are you?
Eugene: I’d say I’m a hardcore gamer, even though I don’t have as much time as I used to to play games. I especially love third person action adventure games and open world games like GTA IV.
Jeff: Why do you like those kinds of games?
Eugene: I grew up in Inglewood, CA, where it wasn’t really safe outdoors, at least at the time. Thanks to Magic Johnson investing a lot of money into the community and creating jobs, things are different now. Anyway, I love exploring open world environments, because as a kid, I really couldn’t explore outside my front door. It was a Blood neighborhood and I used to play videogames on the floor (this was when drive-by shootings were more commonplace), because I was afraid of a stray bullet hitting me. Every time my dad and I hung out, it was always in another part of town. My friends and I would get together and go somewhere else nicer, because things in Inglewood kind of sucked at the time. Hell, I can still remember being late to high school one morning, because S.W.A.T. was outside my house preparing a raid on my next door neighbor. It wasn’t like that all the time and I grew up in a nice house, but things were bad in the late 80s and early 90s. I hated middle school, but it sucked not being able to school for a month and half because of the riots. So, I guess being able to roam around in a giant city and have an adventure that way, kind of allows me to do what I couldn’t when I was younger.
Jeff: How’d you get to G4?
Eugene: I really busted my ass in college. I went to Santa Monica College for two years, because I was poor, before transferring to Loyola Marymount University, where I graduated Magna Cum Laude. I also worked as an intern at a big advertising agency (that won’t be named here) in the Central Intelligence department. After that, I took some time off to just relax and worked as a game tester at Activision, mostly for kicks. That set me up to get the job. After quitting Activision, I asked a friend who had interned here if he knew anyone and his old boss, an X-Play legend, got me the interview.
Jeff: Top 5 Games?
Eugene: Kagero: Deception II, Shadow of Rome, GTA IV, Fallout 3, Tekken IV.
Jeff: When did you first fall in love?
Eugene: The first time I ever thought I was really in love it was at a three day music festival in Toledo, Ohio called the Gathering of the Juggalos. We fooled around a bit, but she wasn’t that into me until her friend started paying attention to me. On the last night, a riot erupted during the final concert (I still don’t know the reason why) and I chose to seek out the root of the chaos instead of leaving with her right away. By the time I got back to the rear of the convention center, which had gone total ape s#*t by then, she was gone. I swear that I got off the airplane in Los Angeles and I could still smell her perfume. I’m glad we didn’t get married or anything. It was for the best.
Jeff: Favorite gaming platform?
Eugene: I’ve owned more games for the NES than any other console, but I’d have to say my favorite is the Xbox 360, because it has such a large number of great games and Xbox Live is amazing.
Jeff: Emotionally invested in videogames?
Eugene: When Resident Evil 2 was over, it still left me paranoid for a week after. It was if I had actually survived a zombie infested city.
Jeff: Pearls of Wisdom?
Eugene: Introspection is necessary to lead a decent life, but don’t let it lead to unnecessary self doubt. Also, one of the keys to happiness in life is loving what you do for a living.
Jeff: What do you want your legacy to be?
Eugene: I want to be remembered for the art I’m creating now and will create in the future.
Jeff: Finally, the real question at hand, the original or prequel Star Wars
trilogy?
Eugene: O.G. trilogy all the way, although the fight between Darth Sidious and Yoda in episode III is bad ass.
Jeff: How will it all end?
Eugene: Hopefully, in my sleep, after rousing sexual congress with a woman who is not my wife.
Source:g4tv.com
