Jo Ashburn
aka:
Captain Tripps,
Capt. Tripps
Moby ID: 1701
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In 1990, a friend of Jo “Captain Tripps” Ashburn saw a job posting on a computer bulletin board for a games tester at LucasArts Entertainment Company. He called in, left his name, and heard nothing for six months. Then he got a call for an interview, went in, and answered a few questions about what games he had played, if he had ever cheated, and what he liked about them. He was hired on the spot.
As all testers at LucasArts, he had to get a nickname. When he showed up, someone thought he looked like Jerry Garcia, and they called him "Captain Trips," which was Jerry’s nickname. He added the extra ‘P’ out of respect for Jerry and so people could tell them apart.
Besides being a game tester, he was a documentation writer, and he has written hint books for Day of the Tentacle and Sam & Max Hit the Road, and co-wrote manuals for Afterlife, The Curse of Monkey Island, Dark Forces, Day of the Tentacle, Jedi Knight, Outlaws, and Sam & Max.
He has also written strategy guides for Afterlife, The Curse of Monkey Island (with Rick Barba), The Dig, Escape from Monkey Island, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (with Rick Barba), and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.
Credited on 30 games
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| Full Throttle: Remastered (2017, Windows) | Full Throttle Players Guide |
| Day of the Tentacle: Remastered (2016, Windows) | Proofreading |
| Grim Fandango: Remastered (2015, Windows) | Quality Assurance Testers |
| Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition (2010, Windows) | Additional Testing by |
| The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2010, PlayStation 3) | Testing by |
| Full Throttle (2002, Windows) | Lead Testers |
| Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (2001, PlayStation 2) | Tester |
| Star Wars: Force Commander (2000, Windows) | Testers |
| Escape from Monkey Island (2000, Windows) | QA Testers |
| Star Wars: Yoda's Challenge - Activity Center (1999, Windows) | Thanks to |
| Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999, Windows) | Testers |
| Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999, PlayStation) | Additional Testers |
| Grim Fandango (1998, Windows) | Quality Assurance Testers |
| Herc's Adventures (1997, PlayStation) | Manual Written by |
| Star Wars: Yoda Stories (1997, Windows) | Additional Testing |
| Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces II (1997, Windows) | Playtesting |
| The Curse of Monkey Island (1997, Windows) | Testing |
| Outlaws (1997, Windows) | Manual Illustrations/Photos |
| Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (1996, Macintosh) | Lead Tester |
| Afterlife (1996, DOS) | Documentation |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 28 games with George Lucas
- 22 games with Peter McConnell
- 22 games with Michael Z. Land
- 22 games with Chip Hinnenberg
- 21 games with Clint Bajakian
- 20 games with Tabitha Tosti
- 20 games with Mark Cartwright
- 20 games with Meredith Cahill
- 19 games with Aric Wilmunder
- 19 games with Lisa Star
Companies
- 25 games with Lucasfilm Games
- 12 games with CTO S.p.A.
- 12 games with Valve Corporation
- 11 games with Funsoft GmbH
- 10 games with Softgold Computerspiele GmbH
- 8 games with Soo Hoo Design
- 7 games with Home Software Benelux B.V.
- 7 games with GOG Limited
- 6 games with Brasoft Produtos de...
- 6 games with Erbe Software, S.A.
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