Welcome in the palace of Peter The Hutt. The exhaulted one is open to your questions now, while he is in a good mood. So, ask your questions, but do not be too rude, for then you're Bantha fodder!

ENGLISH SECTION

Who am I?

The civil name of Peter The Hutt is Peter Klassen (or, if you want, Pyotr Pyetrovich Klassen). I was born in the good ol' year 1978 in Novosibirsk, Russia (then it was the Soviet Union). Being a Russia German (they DO exist!), I moved 1992 together with my parents to Cologne, Germany. So I can tell, I can speak 3 languages fluently (Russian, German and the one you're reading right now). I also used to have French in school, but that was a long ago...

What are my hobbies?

Ok, there are some. I do pretty different things. I play guitar since I was 11, work with computers also approximately from that time on. I used to be also the main graphics designer for our school paper and made comic strips for it before I finished the school 1998. Currently I am a student on the University of Cologne, studying Systems Engineering.
I used to program in Borland Pascal and Delphi, know VB, HTML, used to create Dark Forces levels, watch movies and TV... In summer, I usually windsurf. I am a Simpsons, Star Wars and J.R.R. Tolkien fan (but no freak). I sympathize with good TV shows like The X-Files, Seinfeld, Frasier or Married with Children.

My favorite computer games:

• All of LucasArts Adventures
• Dark Forces & Jedi Knight + rest of Star Wars games (not the Episode 1 ones)
• Commander Keen by Apogee
• Dune 1 by Virgin/Cryo

• The Blues Brothers
• Die Hard 1 - 3
• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• Indiana Jones 1-3
• Robocop
• Star Wars (Classic Trilogy)
• Taxi Driver
• The Terminator 1+2

• The Beatles
• The Doors
• Mashina Vremeni (Russian band)
• Eric Clapton
• Santana
• Dire Straits

My religion?

I am not discussing the question of religion with any of these who are tending to save other people's souls. Fact is, I do not believe in a "superiour God" who controls everything and watches over everybody. I do respect some aspects of the world religions, unless they try to force their point of view upon me.
From the "Coolness" factor, I prefer the Old Greek religion (Zeus and the rest of 'em).

What do I like in Dark Forces?

Ok, Dark Forces is rather old, and there are 3D games much more beautiful and stuff. But what I consider Dark Forces to be unical in, is the excellent balance between the Star Wars atmosphere, the level design, the good-balanced difficulty and the intelligent mission goals. I also considered the INF language very fascinating, so it was a reason enough to get into level creating. I am also very proud to be a member of the Code Alliance among people who did SO much for Dark Forces: Alex Novikov, Admiral Ackbar(Dave Lovejoy), Jereth Kok & Frank Krueger.
Now with JK out there, I miss the good old atmosphere of Dark Forces levels. Dark Forces is in some ways even better than JK. There are more locations, and the game did much fun, especially the whole addon levels. JK offers a better engine, but it'll take a while people will be able to create good SP levels I loved so much in DF.

GERMAN SECTION

Was ist TVmania?

Es war einmal vor langer Zeit, da ging es meiner Lieblingsserie, "Die Simpsons", im deutschen Fernsehen ziemlich dreckig. Der zuständige Sender aus Bayern hatte einige Folgen unterschlagen, andere zensiert, und generell den Abspann geschnitten, ohne nachzuschauen, ob da noch etwas kommt.
Da der Gros der Zuschauer sich dafür sowieso nicht interessierte, gäbe es auch bis heute keine Änderung - wäre da nicht ein Häufchen Simpsons-Fans, die sich mit ihren Jüngern tapfer bei ProSieben beschwerten, lauter Protestschreiben verfaßten und den Zuschauerforum zum Überquollen brachten. Die Rede ist von "ContraSieben".
Nun hat sich ProSieben in Punkto "Simpsons" auf C7s Einwirken hin erheblich verbessert. Vom Erfolg beflügelt, begab sich ContraSieben in die Wildnis der deutschen Fernsehlandschaft, und engagiert sich für das Wohl der Zuschauer auch bei anderen Sendern. Drum die feierliche Umbenennung in "TVMania". Und meine Wenigkeit ist Redakteur davon.