The Poker Beard

It was a time of men preferring black, widows being professional, blocks being rocked by beats and the damned
Teletubbies saying “Eh oh”.  A LOT.  Yes, it was 1997 and Full Motion Video in pc games was in full swing & the year
Gremlin Interactive released the classic “Realms of the Haunting”, in which your very own bearded hero appeared -

Tom Lauten owned “Bright Light” studios and his credits include “Nightbreed”, “The Toxic Avenger” and he has worked on the effects for Peter Jackson films. The whole vibe of the shoot was groovy, and I distinctly remember some downtime with a Tomytronic 3D thingy and really trying embrace my role as an undead being…

Tom also runs Nimba Creations, look them up for you FX needs.

The nice friendly chap with the mashedup face is named “Belial”, played by David Learner who also played Marvin the paranoid android in “Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” & the character “Pickle” in kids fave “Knightmare”.