So who made up all this stuff anyway?

My name is Jeff Vogel, and I am responsible for the Exile series. I am a full-time shareware developer, currently (and unhappily) living in central New Jersey. I am a 25 year old male with a Masters in Applied Mathematics, minimal computer programming training, and a whole lot of experience coding in C.

I've been an utter computer game fanatic since I first played Eamon on a friend's Apple II+. I started writing computer games when I was about 11, in order to make up for the fact that I could rarely afford to buy any of them. The utter devotion to games of all sorts I displayed as a child was very disturbing to my parents, although, now that I'm making a good living creating games, they feel a lot better about it now.

All my programming is done from 1 PM to 6 PM and from midnight to 4 AM. The afternoon programming is done while cool music plays on the stereo. The late night stuff is done with Comedy Central playing on the telly. I say all of this only to make it absolutely clear I don't have a real job.

I am very proud of my status as a successful shareware developer. I consider the Shareware Concept the coolest thing going in computers nowadays, the sole outlet for a single person with a lot of time and a dream to create a program and make money at it. I only wish shareware got a wee bit more respect. I have lost count of the times someone has asked me what I do for a living, I responded "I write shareware," and they repeated the question. Of course, respect is something I can do with a modicum of, as long as the money keeps coming in.

In my spare time, I spend time with my girlfriend, Mariann Krizsan, play computer games, watch nerdy TV shows, and do many other nerdy things.

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