As Belgium's number one Atari freak, he has owned everything from a 2600 to a 1040STE to his current fave, the Jaguar. He's a veteran in computer-aided design from the days of using his ST computer, and was formerly the webmaster of Gamewire, an online gaming site. Les also used to run Jag-@-Zine, which had recently been integrated as part of AGH. Les is an avid fan of racing games (Gran Turismo is his current fave) and his legendary racing skills has caused his countrymen to call him "Thierry Boutsen with good looks."
Keita's involvement in videogames is not restricted to AGH or in the classic gaming arena. He work at NVIDIA Corporation, the leading 3D graphics chip technology company. Prior to that he was at VM Labs, the company behind the NUON technology which powered a number of interactive DVD-video machines from Toshiba, Samsung and others. He is also part of Digital Press, the leading publication best known for its video game collector's guides, and was a contributing writer at ActionZone, a former online videogame magazine. In addition, he has organized the World of Atari '98 and Classic Gaming Expo conventions. He has also contributed to Phoenix: The Fall And Rise Of Videogames , Supercade - A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971-1984, and Nazo No Game Makyo (a Japanese book), three of the definitive books on the history of electronic entertainment. His hobbies include Golf, Kendo (a martial art, '92 national champ), movies and videogames, of course!
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