Ben Roberts

Wolfpack Studios (finally) announced the hires they've made in the past month or so: Joe Ybarra, executive producer; Jason "Illyar" Greathouse, build manager; Sara "Lietgardis" Jensen, game data integrator; Ben Roberts, quality assurance tester; Rick "K'Dah" Fields, world integrator; and Damion "Ubiq" Schubert, senior designer.
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Ben Roberts is a new part of the Quality Assurance Team.He will be assisting in the testing of game balance relating to the City Sieging system of Shadowbane, including such areas as city building, city management, and siege warfare.

No disrespect meant to Ben, but I haven't heard much about his background.I do know that QA has been a luxury for Wolfpack for quite some time -- I wish him luck in his new job.He's needed.

Rick "K'Dah" Fields has joined on as a World Integrator.His primary duties include data integration at the highest level: data relating to configuration and placement of worlds, continents, and adventure zones.

Readers might also have recalled reading about K'Dah wandering the lanes at the Texas Fairgrounds at the Player Lunch.A former programmer with Compaq, he's one of the elders in the Shadowclan, and until just recently was in charge of indoctrinating members into their latest incarnations, the Irekei.