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Andy Thomason lives in Bristol, U.K. Starting by writing chess and arcade games in the early ‘80s, he has worked for the Psygnosis Technology group, Rage Games and Confounding Factor before working for SN Systems, the console tools developer.

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Dec 27, 2011
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Writing Efficient Game Code for Next-Gen Console Architectures
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Dec 20, 2005
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Day in the Life: Andy Thomason, Games Technology Researcher and Writer
Day in the Life: Andy Thomason, Games Technology Researcher and Writer
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