In December 1993, just before Christmas, we arrived in Las Vegas after a flight from Heathrow with a connection in Seattle. Taking time off from my job at Electronic Arts UK, Elsbeth and I were visiting my former business partner from Eldritch The Cat Ltd, Mark McCubbin. Mark had moved to Las Vegas earlier that year to work at Westwood Studios on games like Hand of Fate and Lands of Lore. He would kindly host us in his apartment for the duration of our visit. While the main purpose of our tri...