Short Facts

Founding member and chairman of the association

Personal

Born in Vienna in 1983 and still living there, there was a five-year trip to Munich in 2012. In Munich, of all places, I met a Viennese woman who I can call my wife today and is also one of the reasons why I have been living in Vienna again since 2018. Games of any kind have accompanied me my entire life. Starting with the ‘classic’ parlor games, via ‘89 Gameboy, Commodore 64, to today’s home PC and the console in the living room.

The first games I actively remember were Giana Sisters on the home C64, and Golden Axe and Lemmings on Amiga 500 of my cousin a few years later.

Although I was a classic 80’s Gameboy child, we still had a home PC early on - a 486 - with Windows 3.1 and of course some games. Since the room in which the Commodore and later the PC were previously located was needed for my younger sister, the PC unfortunately had to be moved to my room.

Games like Disney’s Lion King, Das schwarze Auge - Die Schicksalsklinge, Doom and one or the other racing game that I played for hours - sometimes together with my cousin on a keyboard.

I actually bought my first console when I was about 20 years old. A Playstation One (the cute white one), which I actually own to this day, including chip tuning, of course.

In the meantime, an XBox 360 and a Wii have joined the living room. But actually I’m more of a PC gamer with keyboard and mouse and primarily in the fantasy RPG genre. With the exception of classic Jump’n’Run games. Let’s be honest, that’s just exhausting on the keyboard.

Professional

Let’s just sum it up, I’m a jack of all trades. I’m actually a trained construction engineer who briefly tried my hand at media informatics as a student, then completed retraining as a printing engineer and graphic designer and has now been working in the IT industry for 15 years. However, now as a senior project manager and consultant. But because it would have been boring without further training, I completed a bachelor’s degree in information, media & communication and have now been nibbling on my master’s degree in business psychology, leadership & management for a little longer.

Other activities

Besides all the sitting in front of the PC, I also have a few other hobbies that I try to do together with my wife to pursue. Starting with archery, to traveling, medieval markets / festivals, photography, actually visiting museums, films and lots of music in the form of concerts and festivals. I only ride my motorbike and pursue my secret passion of astronomy on my own. But I could probably fill a separate page with leisure activities alone.