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This is a great article. Of all the smart people I've worked with, Kyle Gabler is probably the only one I would call a genius. The fact that he can also articul

This is a great article. Of all the smart people I've worked with, Kyle Gabler is probably the only one I would call a genius. The fact that he can also articulate the way he works is a nice benefit for the rest of us. Little known fact: Kongregate and 2D Boy both operated out of Kyle's apartment for our first year. We all left EA at the same time and were going to have a game studio together but then I had the idea for Kongregate and tried to get Ron and Kyle to do that with me. They stuck to their guns, with great results.

mthg 18y ago
Hey there, were you a coworker of Kyle's at EA? A fellow game graphics programmer from Rockstar Games here. I remember Kyle mostly from his days as a comic artist at my alma mater, Univ. of Virginia. I was a comic artist and editor several years after Kyle graduated but I still remember his work from my freshman year. It was a comic called Drool and was a very morbid comic but hilarious if you're into that kind of thing. It was much better than most of what comes out of xkcd and other fluffy nerd comics. I believe it was canned after Kyle ran a Jesus joke that rubbed some people wrong. The artwork in World of Goo comes directly from his old work. I would point you to a URL of his stuff if it weren't for the fact that our school newspaper's website hasn't been fully functional since my roommate who maintained it graduated :(
- rjett 18y ago
  Here's a decent article on Gabler from back in the day: http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2003/11/gabler_kyle.html http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2003/11/gabler_kyle.html although it doesn't display any of his work. My roommate was managing editor last year for the CD and he likes to brag about the new site they have, but apparently it's not working at the moment.
  - sgibat 18y ago
    drool and other work of his: http://kylegabler.com/oldsite/contents/art/index.html http://kylegabler.com/oldsite/contents/art/index.html
danteembermage 18y ago
It's little tid-bits like these that make Hacker News so great. My boys and I use Kongregate for family fun time since I'm in grad school and flash games are the right price for our budget (Although I put in a request with Santa for World of Goo and a $10 registration for Incredible Machines) having founders turn up to comment on articles is just cool. I also like the think about how much better a place the world is now that thousands of people everyday get pointed to the best new games, rewarding quality, generating revenue for good developers. That's a whole lot of utility generated in a very "sustainable" way. All from one apartment.

mthg 18y ago

Hey there, were you a coworker of Kyle's at EA? A fellow game graphics programmer from Rockstar Games here. I remember Kyle mostly from his days as a comic artist at my alma mater, Univ. of Virginia. I was a comic artist and editor several years after Kyle graduated but I still remember his work from my freshman year. It was a comic called Drool and was a very morbid comic but hilarious if you're into that kind of thing. It was much better than most of what comes out of xkcd and other fluffy nerd comics. I believe it was canned after Kyle ran a Jesus joke that rubbed some people wrong. The artwork in World of Goo comes directly from his old work. I would point you to a URL of his stuff if it weren't for the fact that our school newspaper's website hasn't been fully functional since my roommate who maintained it graduated :(

rjett 18y ago
Here's a decent article on Gabler from back in the day: http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2003/11/gabler_kyle.html http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2003/11/gabler_kyle.html although it doesn't display any of his work. My roommate was managing editor last year for the CD and he likes to brag about the new site they have, but apparently it's not working at the moment.
- sgibat 18y ago
  drool and other work of his: http://kylegabler.com/oldsite/contents/art/index.html http://kylegabler.com/oldsite/contents/art/index.html

danteembermage 18y ago

It's little tid-bits like these that make Hacker News so great. My boys and I use Kongregate for family fun time since I'm in grad school and flash games are the right price for our budget (Although I put in a request with Santa for World of Goo and a $10 registration for Incredible Machines) having founders turn up to comment on articles is just cool. I also like the think about how much better a place the world is now that thousands of people everyday get pointed to the best new games, rewarding quality, generating revenue for good developers. That's a whole lot of utility generated in a very "sustainable" way. All from one apartment.