Running with Scissors agreed, and the finished port was shipped on February 14, 2005, with Linux Game Publishing initially handling the publishing of the Linux version. Loki had previously ported the original Postal to Linux, and he was interested in keeping the franchise compatible. Upon learning about the release of Postal 2 in 2003, Gordon decided to contact the developer behind it wondering if they would be interested in him making a port of the game to Linux and Mac OS X. This business relationship continued with the release of Unreal Tournament 2004, and followed from the original Unreal Tournament which was ported to Linux internally by Epic but was published by Loki. He was also contracted by Epic Games to port their Unreal Tournament 2003 title to Linux and Mac OS X, with the port being included with the packaged Windows version. From there he gained other contracts such as being hired to port Devastation and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for Linux and America's Army for Linux and Mac OS X. They agreed, and the port's first beta was released on December 5, 2002. They had recently released the first of their highly successful Serious Sam series, and Gordon asked if they would be interested in him building a Linux port. Desperate to escape working a cash register, he found the e-mail address of an artist working for the developer Croteam. A friend offered him a job at his cybercafe, and he was forced to move in with his parents. The upcoming closure of Loki forced him to seek outside employment. While at Loki Software, Gordon picked his nickname icculus as a reference to the fictional character from Gamehendge in the song "Icculus" by Phish. Around this time he founded, made to provide hosting for various free and open source projects, and would later be used to support and continue some of Loki's free software projects and tools. In 2000 he also wrote several articles for the online Linux news and information website. Gordon quickly rose to prominence at Loki, working as a developer on the game ports of Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, Quake III Arena, and Eric's Ultimate Solitaire, as well as being the lead developer for Descent 3 and Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.². Loki was impressed with his work and decided to offer him a job. Gordon decided to give it a try, driving the four-hour trip from his home to Atlanta. In 1999 Loki Software ran a contest called "Loki Hack" at the Atlanta Linux Showcase, with the goal of improving the Linux port of Civilization: Call To Power. He is also a founding member of the BareBones Theatre Group in Charlotte. On Januhis wife gave birth to their first child, Olive Finch Gordon. On Januhe became engaged to Carrie and they were married later that year. Gordon grew up just outside Philadelphia and attended college in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he resides. He was described alongside Edward Rudd as being "instrumental" in ensuring the multi-platform nature of the Humble Indie Bundle initiatives. Some, such as Candy Cruncher and Postal 2, have been published by Linux Game Publishing. He has also been involved in porting several non-gaming products such as Second Life and Google Earth. These include being hired to port most of the Unreal Tournament series, some of the Serious Sam series, the official Postal series, some Tripwire Interactive and Coffee Stain Studios titles, and Prey (2006). Gordon created ports of proprietary software products to the Linux and Mac OS X platforms. Gordon's site hosts projects with the code from such commercial games as Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Quake III Arena and other free and open source projects for multiple platforms. Gordon (also known as icculus) is a computer programmer and former Loki Software employee responsible for, which hosts many Loki Software projects as well as others. Gordon giving a talk at the SouthEast LinuxFest on June 13, 2009.
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