The Gates of Avalon




Welcome to my web page, me being Heather Mace.   I work in the computer game industry as a programmer, have done so for several years.   I've had the great good fortune to work on title brands like Tetris, SimCity, and The Sims.   I have two cats, my partner Erik, and a nice house in the SF Bay Area.   The rest is, as they say, subject to change without notice.
 


I'm currently addicted to the Amber Diceless RPG, based on the Amber books of Roger Zelazny. I both play and run games in the Amber Diceless Role Playing System.

The Gate of Avalon... to Amber

That's my portal to my on-line game pages. If you're looking for PAL or More Trouble, that's where you'll find those games. Enjoy.
 



I am a complete computer game junky.  I had to give up Ultima Online because it was eating up my life.  Here's a list of my past and current favorites:

Grim Fandango
Ultima series
Heroes of Might and Magic (all the versions except IV... jury's still out.)
Unreal and Unreal Tournament
Tomb Raider series (yeah, I know. But I like it, so there!)
Doom and Quake... I am -so- looking forward to Doom 3!
American McGee's Alice (more like an appetizer...  tasty, but could have used more puzzles and plot)
 
 
 



I've been playing RPGs since I was 12.  I still get out once a month or so to indulge.  Or...at least I used to. I've really given up ftf gaming in favor of PBeM gaming lately. But... some of my favorite systems are:
 


I even created a hybrid game from the Star Wars system that included the runic magic from Ultima Underworld and elements from Dream Park.  I ran a campaign using that system for 7 years.  I'd post it, but it'd probably be at least one copyright violation.  : )
 





I read.  I used to read a lot more, until I discovered the web.  Here's a list of my very favorite books:

The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay
The City and the Stars, by Arthur Clark
Godstalk, by PC Hodgell
Protector, by Larry Niven
Riddle of Stars, by Patricia McKillip
War for the Oaks, by Emma Bull




I'm a big Anime/animation fan (I'm just a big kid at heart).  I heartily recommend the following:

The Slayers (spoofed D&D at its finest)
Reboot (can't wait for season 4...  and it rocks...)
Moldiver
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Lain
Cowboy Bebop
User Friendly (a comic, not animation, but I adore it!)

Erik & I collect animation cels.  Maybe I'll get around to posting pictures of them someday.