Mike Bowman on himself (from the 'Making of Protostar' audio feature):

“Ever since I can remember, I was interested in video games. I spent all my money on playing Asteroids and Defender and those kind of shooter-type games. I made a few of my own games on the TI-99/4A home computer, and I was really getting into that. Then I went to college, Western Washington University in Washington state, and got a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. I just wanted to work in the video game industry, down in California, so I flew down here, got a job with Tsunami, and Protostar was the first game I worked on.”