He [John] is a huge history buff and knows basically everything about everything—seriously like a walking history encyclopedia, or at least it seems that way! And because the team here has all become big fans of WWII and military history, John's elaborate knowledge of history makes him a great match for the team. Sometimes, our best collaboration comes from him swinging by the studio in LA and having informal "shooting the breeze" conversations over sandwiches we have brought up from the cafeteria. We'll throw out an idea or a location that we were thinking about having in the game and he will just start spinning a story around it, literally seamlessly weaving the location into the storyline. Sometimes it seems that he knows sooooooo much that he must be making stuff up, not the case! If you try calling him on it (which we have on occasion) he will say, "Oh no, you should check out such and such book—they tell a really good version of that story." And you know what, his command of WWII history is amazing and he is always right and accurate -- he truly has an amazing presence and is an irreplaceable asset to the game.