Who is Jeff Minter?
Maybe you played his mind-warping shooterPolybiusin VR.
Or perhaps you recall his work from the 8-bit glory days.
You could just know him from the daily videos of himfeeding his sheep on YouTube.
And in all that time, he has stayed true to what he believes in.
I’m struggling to think of another one.
Kohlers introduction to the Minterverse came a few years later.
You always knew when you were playing a Jeff Minter game.
Minter would later go on to create light synthesisers for systems like the Jaguar and Xbox 360.
Minter also seemed to have an almost unerring knack for backing the wrong horse.
In the 90s, he was fighting against the increasing commercialization of the video game industry, says Kohler.
They sent him the five pounds he was asking for, and some sent him even more than that.
Nevertheless, a timeline is included that includes every title for reference.
The explanation is partly that Digital Eclipse president Mike Mika is a fan.
Still, Kohlers outsider perspective did result in one hiccup during development.
We sent Jeff the first build where he could really look at the timelines, recalls Kohler.
And it was I had taken a public domain image of a cup of tea.
And he has like, This tea is absolutely wrong.
It is completely un-British.
Who is Jeff Minter?
