Living behind the damp, filthy ear of western Washington was taking its toll on the young Ray Barnholt, but his will to live was renewed in the form of a virginal position at the GIA. Endowed with hope, Ray took this new commitment to heart, since lounging around in tattered pajamas all day was not looking as plausible as originally thought. Once at the GIA, Ray found it to be warm, cozy and with a fresh cinnamon aroma, much like the dear countryside home of his childhood. With his endless love for both early-90's video game history and super-obscure/fruity titles on both sides of the Pacific, Ray strives to inject the GIA with as much unique blood as possible before Autumn comes around and his free time is completely siphoned by the challenges presented at Redmond's DigiPen Institute of Technology.