Joru:
 Hi Pink, are you sitting relaxed and feel
fully comfortable in your chair?

Pink:
Yes, tho i'm abit nervous what whacky
questions will come up ;)

Joru:
 So on to the questions, could you
tell us a little bit about yourself and
your surroundings apart from your
membership with Abyss?

Pink:
Well, it's not easy to seperate myself
from Abyss cos everyday i have to work with
my group mates in our company called
Shin'en. Beside that 'work' i'm still doing
alot of music. I produced a game soundtrack
(http://www.iridion2.com/soundtrack/)
and i'm also working as producer
for a band.

Browallia:
 Some nice, funny, happenings or anecdotes
from  demoparties in the past, you
especially remember?

Pink:
Things i will always remember are those
horrible one-hour-left-before-deadline
coding sessions when we entered demo
competitions. Also Bartmans strange
(not to say  dangerous, shocking and
sometimes simply stupid) behaviour on all
party journies throughout europe was always
a big laugh. Also painting the floor of a
youth hostel in Helsinki with blue colour
(don't ask) was a funny thing.

Joru:
 What is your worse memory from the scene?

Pink:
There aren't any really bad memories.

Joru:
 How has your past using the Amiga
influenced your current daily life and
thoughts? Do you ever get flashbacks now
and then when you hear a special song on
radio or tv from when you were coding late?

Pink:
Just some days ago i drove to my work and
then a SID tune was playing on the radio.
Then i remembered my passion for doing such
music with the amiga (and how many endless
hours i spended with it). It's also always
funny how many people in my work life still
know me from my scene days.

Joru:
 How much money have you spent on your
computer/computers, has it been worth it?

Pink:
I used for a long time my A500 and then an
A1200. So I never used alot of money for
computers and all of it was surely worth
it. You can spend nowadays more on a
graphic card then on those classic
computers.

Joru:
 Do you wish you never started using
computers and in any case why?

Pink:
No, never. Computers were the only way
to express some of my ideas.

Joru:
 How is the relationship between the
members in Abyss nowadays? Do you keep
in touch with older members?

Pink:
Some members are still good friends and
with some i havent spoked for years.
There arent any hard feelings.

Joru:
 You've been involded developing games for
the Gameboy Advance, Iridion for example,
why Gameboy to start with?

Pink:
Well, the GBA feels much like an
overpowered A1200. I always dreamed in the
early 90ties from the games i'm now
developing. Programming a game and also
doing at the same time the music for it
is simply the most fun thing i can imagine
(well, in 'work life').

Joru:
 The Gameboy Advance uses a RISC-processor,
how is it like to work with? Pros and cons?

Pink:
The ARM processor is easy to program.
There aren't many pitfalls (as with later
68x00 cpu's). It's very fast and
straightforward.

Joru:
 Are you planning on releasing more games
in the mentioned market and do you think
you will be able to make a living
out of it?

Pink:
Our company released so far four games and
we can make our living since 1999 from it
(wow, thats already four years ;).
We also supplied for more then 150 GBC/GBA
games the musicplayers and audios.
We are currently developing a new game and
keep it all going.

Joru:
 What made you (and Martin "Dexter" Wodoks)
develop the AHX-format (Abyss Highest
eXperience)? An urge to remind us about our
past or was it just a fun thing you had to
make real?

Pink:
Martin was always in love with SID tunes
and i was passionate about composing in
that style. So i convinced him to make
the ultimate SID alike tracker for amiga.
It was mainly done for ourselfs and we
were amazed how many people used it later.

Joru:
 Personally I love a good steak and
potatoes, what about yourself?
Is there anyone preparing your dinner
when you get home perhaps? =)

Pink:
I'm more into exotic food. However, i'm
still living alone, and so it's rare that
i get something cooked. Only at weekends
my girlfriend does me sometimes that favour
when i visit here :)

Joru:
 Where do you inform yourself nowadays
with scene-news?

Pink:
http://www.ojuice.net/

Joru:
 To finish off, are you satisfied with the
role you've played in the world of
computers or is there anything you regret?

Pink:
I'm not sure if i ever played a role but I
had so much fun with my scene work that i
don't regret anything.
I took alot but gave it back twice.

Joru:
 Anything to add before there is time to
let the sun pass the horizon?

Pink:
It's better to burn out, then to fade away.
So keep it going.