Geek In Disguise

Katie and I went to Microsoft Research in Cambridge this week where we interviewed some of the researchers up there who are doing amazing work. We'll have a whole set of videos coming to PTS-TV soon. In the meantime I thought I'd post a quick outtake of Ralf and Thore playing PGR 3 where Ralf gets creamed but he does get his own back in the Halo 2 game that followed. These guys are quite a comedy act and really ought to be on TV :)

The guys are of course jolly clever - but what a job - they get to play games for a living as part of their research. In fact they have a special "games" room full of kit (not just Microsoft kit) and a 42" plasma and surround sound. They do have a legit reason though as inventors of TrueSkill which is used to match you with appropriate skill level players on games like Forza. In simple terms, they know that this means...and I don't!

Check back soon for more videos including the guys having an impressive Halo 2 battle.