Dr. Paul Tapper has been a professional games programmer since 1998, and has worked for Gremlin, Infogrames, Runecraft and Team17. Published games include Hogs of War, Men in Black: Crashdown, Monopoly Party and Worms 3D. He is currently writing the AI system for a real-time, turn-based strategy game for Team17. Paul has a PhD in Pure Maths, but his deep knowledge of C*-Ideals has never really helped him write games. He can be contacted at paul__tapper(at)hotmail.com.