The Complete Abridged History of David Demaree…

 I was born on February 9, 1982, and I have lived in Texas my entire life. In spite of my permanent residency in Texas, I have traveled to many different states and countries including California, Montana, Nevada, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Florida, Canada, Mexico, Germany, and France, to name a few.

 I have been an avid gamer since childhood. The first digital games I remember playing were on the ColecoVision. It belonged to my older brother, but I was also allowed to play it sometimes. My favorite games on ColecoVision were Frogger, Q*bert, and Popeye. I was not particularly good at any of them because I was only three or four years old, but I do remember beating some levels in Popeye. That’s probably why I liked it. The funniest thing I remember about the system was that you could mess up the first player by using the second player controller while they played, or vice versa. Ah, the memories of my older brother punching my arm for doing that.

 When I was five or six years old, my parents surprised me with my very own Nintendo Entertainment System for Christmas. My favorite Nintendo games were probably Mega Man 4 and The Legend of Zelda. I went on to buy a Super Nintendo Entertainment System when I was in the fifth or sixth grade, where I discovered Sid Meier’s Civilization. Civilization is the game responsible for getting me interested in Personal Computer games. Up to that point, I thought that computers were not much more than a tool for grown-ups. I had been a “console kid”, or more precisely, a “Nintendo kid” up to that point, but after playing Civilization, I realized that some of the best digital games were made for the PC. I didn’t get my own PC that was good enough to run a current generation of games until after high school, but I was able to play Civilization II on our family computer for many years during high school. With Civilization II, I also began dabbling in game development. I made a mod for Civilization II that changed the names of all the races and their cities. I also liked to play around with the cheat mode and see how the computer would play the game after I set up scenarios for it.

 It was not until I graduated high school that I found a way to pursue the career I wanted. I realized that I could do what I loved and use it to earn a living. For me, this meant I would need to follow my passion and forge a career in the game industry. This passion led me to the Guildhall in 2005 where I joined the other fine students of Cohort 5 on a journey to pursue our dreams. What I created at the Guildhall can be seen on the other pages of this website. Below, you can view my top ten favorite game and movie lists. Enjoy your stay at my website!