Normally when you work in a job they're not really keen on having you work on other projects for other companies, so I was really concerned that if I worked at Blizzard I'd have to stop working on Insaniquarium. George Fan: That was a really tough transition.

PC Gamer: So how did you then end up going up from that and PopCap to working at Blizzard? I'm from the Bay Area in California, so that was one factor that ultimately let me make the choice to go to Blizzard. I was ecstatic, as I had been a Blizzard fan my whole life, and I got offers from both Blizzard and PopCap. At the time, I was looking for a job and I also got an offer from Blizzard. George Fan: They didn't hire me at that point. I agreed and we worked together on that for what ended up being a couple of years. We met up there and found that we have similar ideals, and they help me make Insaniquarium as a downloadable game. So when I heard that my Insaniquarium prototype had gotten into the Independent Games Festival finals I rang them up again and asked if they would be at GDC. So I sent an email telling them, 'Hey, great job on those games.' I think John Vechey rang me back. I stumbled upon PopCap and thought, “These games are all really good.” I think back then they had Bejeweled, Money Maze and Seven Seas. At the time I was working at an online games company, and as part of my job I felt I had to do research on competing companies. My ambitions were simple, I just wanted to enter it into the Independent Games Festival, and that was 2002. George Fan: A long, long time ago I had this prototype for a Java game about a fish tank where aliens attack it.

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