<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><meta charset="utf-8"><div><span>Hi there,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>I'm a writer in <span class="yiv1869697526yshortcuts" id="yiv1869697526lw_1308602808_0"><span class="yiv1869697526yshortcuts" id="yiv1869697526lw_1308602962_0"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1308608082_0">New York</span></span></span> and am working on a story for Gamasutra about open games. I'd love to include some discussion of Crossfire both because of how long running it's been and for how dramatically it seems to have changed over the years. It would be great to speak with someone by phone or email or whatever format's most convenient about the roots of the game and how it's changed over the years.</span></div><div style="font-family: times,
serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>Would anyone be available for, say, a 20 minute call or maybe some email questions?</span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>I've written for ABC World News, Slate, Kill Screen, n+1, IGN, Paste, The Millions, The Faster Times, EGM, Edge, and others. Here are a few recent clips:</span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span><br></span></div><div><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.slate.com/id/2295405/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="yiv1869697526yshortcuts"
id="yiv1869697526lw_1308602808_1">http://www.slate.com/id/2295405/</span></a><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.themillions.com/2011/05/non-sequitur-ad-absurdum-david-thorne%E2%80%99s-the-internet-is-a-playground.html" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="yiv1869697526yshortcuts" id="yiv1869697526lw_1308602808_2">http://www.themillions.com/2011/05/non-sequitur-ad-absurdum-david-thorne%E2%80%99s-the-internet-is-a-playground.html</span></a><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/05/conduit-2-review-wii.html" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(35, 71, 134); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><span class="yiv1869697526yshortcuts"
id="yiv1869697526lw_1308602808_3">http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/05/conduit-2-review-wii.html</span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><span>Thanks!</span></div></div></span><span></span></div><div> </div><div>Michael Thomsen<br>323.203.8322<br>amboabe: aim<br>www.manoamondo.com</div></div></body></html>