A former Maxis employee, he was fired in 1996 after secretly adding code into the game SimCopter that would cause sprites of men in swimming trunks kissing each other to appear on certain dates. He said he did this due to the intolerable working conditions suffered at Maxis.
A previous Maxis employee, he was terminated in 1996 after surreptitiously modifying SimCopter to display suggestive scenes between male characters on particular dates. He attributed this action to the unbearable conditions he endured while working at Maxis.