Shrapnel Games, Inc.

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There is a saying that states that one shouldn't complain unless you're prepared to do something about your complaint. For most people that's all it is, a saying, but not so for Tim Brooks. In 1999 Tim was feeling burnt out. Tim loved playing and designing war and strategy games, games that he was introduced to as a kid growing up in a military household. After college he putted around in the business world but his desire to pursue a gaming career constantly gnawed at him. Putting the world of stock options and 401Ks behind him, Tim formed his own game development company, Interactive Simulations, Inc.While he had once self-published a basketball simulation entitled Nothing But Net this was a new and exciting step for Tim. Soon Tim, had designed the tactical mercenary game Wages of War (New World Computing / 3DO) and Soldiers At War (SSI), but it was 101st: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy (Empire Interactive) that saw Interactive Simulations, Inc. come into its own. A realistic simulation of the airborne operations surrounding the D-Day invasion of the Second World War, 101st was a bestseller that continued to sell for years after its release. Yet, even with an impressive sales record the computer gaming world was turning away from thoughtful strategy games and looking more towards eye candy and brainless action.And so in 1999 Tim Brooks could either complain that the corporate accountants were taking away his passion or he could do something about it. He did something about it. In 1999 he formed Shrapnel Games, headquartered in picturesque Cary, North Carolina. Originally intended to simply allow Tim to publish the sequel to 101st, All American: The 82nd Airborne in Normandy, Tim was approached by other designers that had been left out in the cold by the mainstream world of games because intelligent and historical were two words that didn't make the industry's buzzword list.

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