: So at PAX this year, 343 hosted a Community Appreciation event (as they do),
: and I went (as I do). One of the presentations was hosted by Dan, and as I
: walked into the conference room, I was intrigued by an older woman sitting
: in the back of the room - she didn't look like a 343 employee, really.

: During the talk, Dan called me out (in a nice way) - he said some very nice
: things, and I blushed.

: The talk ended, and as we're getting ready to move on to the next room, the
: older woman came up to me to introduce herself. She was Dan's mom, out in
: Seattle for a visit. She wanted to say thanks; apparently, she attributes
: some of her son's success to my opening of doors for him, many years ago.
: (I'd say that the lion's share of Dan's success comes from Dan's
: talents... but who am I to contradict his mom?)

: Anyway, it was pretty cool. Dan does spectacular work these days, and his
: mom's a nice lady.

Ha, that's cool.

Yeah the way he talked about those towers in H1 representing hope in a gameplay context, I had never thought about it that way, but it makes a lot of sense. I was thinking "this guy is pretty cool" even before I knew he was one of us.