Inside iQU

Oliver Kern on Linkedin

What was your first experience playing a game?
I remember sitting in front of a black-and-white TV playing Pong at a friend’s place. Wow, I feel so old.

Proudest gaming moment?
I guess over the years you almost have a shrine in your head where you keep all these moments. The first I keep dear to my heart is when I finished The Hobbit on the Commodore 64.
Two years ago, I finished Plants vs. Zombies from PopCap, but since then I’ve been playing far too many social games. For a few weeks I stayed ahead of my friend Eric in Zynga’s Café World, which I was proud about.

Currently I am playing the beta of Petroglyph’s Rise of Immortals and during my lunch break I play some Army Attack. As always, Eric is miles ahead of me. ;-)

What brought you to iQU?
I have done business with Reinout over the past five years. With him as the leader and with the amazing talent on board, I know we can shape the gaming space.

Cody Hargreaves on Linkedin

What was your first experience playing a game?
My first gaming experience was Ghostbusters on the Commodore 64. It required a separate hardware attachment — a cassette player, if you can imagine — as the game was stored on a cassette tape. Trading it in for $50 to raise funds for my SEGA Master System remains one of the saddest memories of my life.

Proudest gaming moment?
My proudest gaming moment, of which there are many, was breaking into Diamond League in StarCraft 2. At the time, it placed me within the Top 200 players in Southeast Asia and it required more than eight hours of practice a day for just over five months. Today I play StarCraft 2 casually, though I’ll always remember how it felt to be at the top.

What brought you to iQU?
My arrival at iQU was an unusual one; I had been working as a journalist and site editor with the MMOGames.com portals while living in Australia and studying professional writing. Reinout Te Brake, iQU’s CEO, caught wind of my plans to travel to Asia after completing my studies and asked if I’d like to come to Holland and work at the iQU Headquarters instead. Nine months later my girlfriend and I boarded a plane bound for Amsterdam and never looked back.

Mae Santos on Linkedin

What was your first experience playing a game?
My first experience with gaming was Point Blank on the PlayStation.

Proudest gaming moment?
Dueling with friends on World of Warcraft.

What brought you to iQU?
Originally from Australia, I came to the Netherlands to explore and experience life in another country. Having had previous customer service and sales experience, I joined iQU as an account executive to look after all existing accounts and to handle day to day enquiries.

Alper Eger on Linkedin

What was your first experience playing a game?
Playing intensely on my Commodore 64 all night long with my brother!

Proudest gaming moment?
Playing professionally and almost making it last.

What brought you to iQU?
iQU provides a great opportunity to build something in the gaming community. The goal is to be number 1!

Guus Wildeman on Linkedin

What was your first experience playing a game?
Playing Commodore 64 with my brother.

Proudest gaming moment?
Getting to level 2 on Super Mario Brothers.

What brought you to iQU?
It has a great team, great opportunities, great niche and we are all very passionate in what we do!

Thomas Lee on Linkedin

What was your first experience playing a game?
Space Invaders on an Atari 2600. Simply awesome!

Proudest gaming moment?
Killing the boss monster in Parasite Eve on the PlayStation.

What brought you to iQU?
The team and the passion that we all share!

Simon Usiskin on Linkedin

What was your first experience playing a game?
Donkey Kong on GameBoy

Proudest gaming moment?
I’ve never been the most talented gamer, so I don’t have a proudest moment, but I do have lots of embarrassing moments I could share…

What brought you to iQU?
As Co-Founder, I’ve been with iQU from the very beginning.

Paul de Groot on Linkedin

What was your first experience playing a game?
Doom 3D

Proudest gaming moment?
The day our team fought against each other in our own virtual office.

What brought you to iQU?
I came to iQU because the company combines a fun environment with exciting work.