ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian C. Brinkmann was born and raised in New Orleans, where he graduated from Tulane University with a degree in Computer Engineering. He has been programming for 15 years, and is working towards his Masters Degree at the University of New Orleans, focusing on his favorite subject, artificial intelligence. Brian lives in Atlanta with his wife, Sheri, and two sons, Hunter and Connor. After wasting five years of his life writing business software, Brian has returned to the entertainment field and is currently hard at work designing the next generation in interactive entertainment software.