Nintendo icon Howard Phillips joins Epic-owned Chair Entertainment

by JC Fletcher { Mar 18th 2009 at 4:25PM }

Undertow developer Chair Entertainment has hired Howard Phillips as its new Studio Director. Phillips is best known for his time at Nintendo, during which he became a spokesman for the company and the star of Nintendo Power's "Howard & Nester" comic strip. Since then, he has worked at LucasArts, THQ, and Microsoft.

"Howard has a remarkable history in the video game industry, and we expect the talent at Chair Entertainment to thrive under his leadership," said Michael Capps, president of Chair owner Epic. Chair is currently working on games based on Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and Empire: Alpha Complex.

Tags: chair-entertainment, epic, howard-phillips, undertow

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Neuromancer @ Mar 18th 2009 4:46PM

Does this mean we're getting a new comic strip, "Howard and the Cole-Train"?!

Ahmedz @ Mar 18th 2009 4:49PM

a 2nd comic-related post in less than an hour?

what are you up to, Joystiq?

D-5 @ Mar 18th 2009 4:57PM

Man, I remember Nester and the comics in Nintendo Power. For those who didn't live through the 8-bit and 16-bit eras of video games, you guys missed out.

Ahmedz @ Mar 18th 2009 4:59PM

I was born in the 16-bit era and I only heard about Nintendo Power 4 years ago =/

Kevin949 @ Mar 18th 2009 5:49PM

No Howard and Nester comic for reference? For shame Joystiq.

Kevin949 @ Mar 18th 2009 5:50PM

er, other than the link. Haha.

Balloonfighter99 @ Mar 18th 2009 7:03PM

I loved Howard and Nester the characters(they were like what Mario is today mascot-wise) but I don't actually remember the comic being that good.

343 Guilty Fart @ Mar 18th 2009 7:08PM

Ahh Howard and Nester! I still have my Nintendo Fun Club ID card around somewhere.

The Alex @ Mar 18th 2009 7:18PM

My heart skipped a beat (in a bad way) when I first saw the headline. My brain only saw "Nintendo" and "Philips"... which lead me to remember the CD-i and it's terrible Zelda games....

But having said that, I never actually played those Zelda games, I think if they were in fact released on Virtual Console, I'd pick em up, just to see what all the fuss was about...