Cliff "CliffyB" Bleszinski
Cliff Bleszinski at the Gears of War promotional event held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, October 25, 2006
Background information
Birth name	Clifford Michael Bleszinski
Born	February 12, 1975 (1975-02-12) (age 32)
Origin	North Adover, Massachusetts
Occupation(s)	Video Game Designer
Years active	1990—present
Website	CliffyB.com

Clifford Bleszinski, also known under the moniker CliffyB, is a lead game designer for the successful game development company Epic Games in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is most famous for his continuing hand in the development of the Unreal franchise. He is the brother of Tyler Bleszinski, a sports blogger. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3504x2336, 3081 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Cliff Bleszinski Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Gears of War is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games (the creators of the Unreal Tournament series) using Unreal Engine 3. ... Hollywood Forever Cemetery entrance Hollywood Forever Cemetery entrance Hollywood Forever Cemetery is located at 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard in the Hollywood district of the City of Los Angeles, California. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... North Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... A moniker (or monicker) is a pseudonym, or cognomen, which one gives to oneself. ... Designer is a broad term for a person who designs any of a variety of things. ... Epic Games, also known as Epic and formerly as Epic MegaGames, is a computer game development company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... Nickname: Motto: You Can See the Whole State from Here Map of Wake County, North Carolina Coordinates: , Country United States State North Carolina County Wake County i Founded 1792 Government  - Mayor Charles Meeker (D) Area  - City  134. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... The Unreal series is a computer game franchise that began with the original Unreal, a single-player first-person shooter computer game which was published on May 30, 1998 by Epic Megagames, now known as Epic Games. ... Athletics Nation (popularly known as AN to its users) is a sports blog focusing on the Oakland Athletics baseball team. ...

He has his own website where he often shares his thoughts and feelings on the world, American culture, gaming, and life in general. He is occasionally cited for his charitable nature like helping fans get jobs in the industry. He has co-hosted G-Phoria, a video-game awards show. He has a girlfriend named Chantal. G-Phoria is an annual video game awards show started in 2003 and produced by G4. ...

Bleszinski's first game was The Palace of Deceit: Dragon's Plight, a 1991 pixel-hunting adventure game for Windows PC. He is also known for the games Dare to Dream and Jazz Jackrabbit. In 2006, he served as lead game designer on the game Gears of War for the Xbox 360. Hunt-the-pixel (also pixel hunt) is a term used to describe some computer game interfaces involving point and click with a mouse. ... Adventure is a genre of video games typified by exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. ... A windows box is a computer that uses the Microsoft Windows operating system. ... Dare to Dream episode one title screen. ... Jazz Jackrabbit title screen Jazz Jackrabbit is a platform game produced by Epic MegaGames, now known as Epic Games. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Gears of War is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games (the creators of the Unreal Tournament series) using Unreal Engine 3. ... The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged...

According to Bleszinski's MySpace and his website, he lives in Raleigh, North Carolina^[1] and is 32 years old as of February 12, 2007 from the Gears of War interview.^{[citation needed]} MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos. ... Nickname: Motto: You Can See the Whole State from Here Map of Wake County, North Carolina Coordinates: , Country United States State North Carolina County Wake County i Founded 1792 Government  - Mayor Charles Meeker (D) Area  - City  134. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Gears of War is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games (the creators of the Unreal Tournament series) using Unreal Engine 3. ...

Trivia

• In Unreal Tournament, there is a hidden area on one of the maps, which showcases a picture of Bleszinski. It has the caption of “Pretty Fly...”. Shooting the picture instantly causes the text to change to "(For a white guy!)".^{[citation needed]}
• In Unreal Tournament 2004, there is an unused taunt, "You're almost as good as CliffyB!".^[2]
• Known to post on the Something Awful forums^{[citation needed]}, as well as 1UP.com^[3].
• His name can be found in the first issue of Nintendo Power on top of the highscore list for Super Mario Bros.[1]
• Bleszinski was the videogame consultant for the movie Stay Alive.
• Bleszinski will be the executive producer on the upcoming Gears of War movie.
• Bleszinski created the controversial Cat-Scan.com page. Involved a contest where contestants put their cat on a flat bed scanner and sent the results to Bleszinski to be judged and commented on.^{[citation needed]}
• During the Game Design Challenge at the Game Developers Conference in 2006, "Cliffy" publicly referred to lower back tattoos on women as "tramp stamps". Cliffy did not win the Challenge, which is decided by audience applause volume.
• On the Gears of War map "Mansion", Cliffy B's head is visible as a protrusion on the wall to the right of one of the spawns.
• In July of 2007, Cliff purchased a 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder (red).
• Is credited with creating the game-related phrases 'Doublekill', 'Monster Kill', and others in Unreal Tournament. These phrases have been repeated in later incarnations of that series.
• Doesn't like spiders, though he does like his car (which is a Spyder).
• While visiting Boston as an adult, managed to acquire the streetsign for the street he lived on as a child (Russet Ln).

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References

1. ^ CliffyB.com -- Frequently Asked Questions, accessed 2007-07-20
2. ^ The files are contained in TauntPack.uax in the Sounds directory, their names end with goodascliffyb.wav and they can be extracted using UnrealEd or UCC.exe.
3. ^ 1Up Profile Page and NeoGaf. Retrieved on 23-07-07.

viewing the Unreal Tournament 2004 map Facing Worlds 3. UnrealEd (UEd for short) is the easy to use level design software used to create levels for Unreal, other games in the Unreal series, and games based on the Unreal engine, such as Deus Ex, although it has changed along with...

External links

• Personal website
• Cliff Bleszinski's profile at MobyGames
• Page On 1UP.com
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Gears of War... Article about Bleszinski's GDC2007 presentation "Designing Gears of War: Iteration Wins"
• GameSpot Video Interview with CliffyB