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[tempus] How did your relationship with PC Gamer get started?
[Neil Manke] Bill Harms [former PC Gamer Disc Editor] contacted me and asked if I would do an add-on for PC Gamer. He said that he really liked my Quake 1 levels and he wanted me to consider making a custom Quake II level starring Coconut Monkey. Plus, he wanted to destroy CM's island paradise in the magazine, so I first did the �Paradise Lost� CM add-on which tied in well with that.
�Paradise Lost� was very popular so I ended up doing 2 more, �Dry Gulch� and �Saving Private Monkey�. For those who don�t know, Coconut Monkey is the PC Gamer mascot, and being a coconut he has no hands and a very funny voice �so it was always a hoot building and playing those maps. I still laugh when I think about them:]
[tempus] Have you ever been approached by other gaming magazines to do similar projects?
[Neil Manke] No, I have never been approached by anyone else.
[tempus] From what I can tell you have had great success with your mods. Do you consider yourself a professional or just one heck of a lucky, talented computer geek?
[Neil Manke] I am not a professional since that would imply I have a gaming job and salary, nor do I consider myself a lucky, talented geek. I do consider myself persistent, hard-working, creative and I believe I have good judgment when it comes to what a lot of gamers enjoy.
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