S.E.Pennings, "TRS"

Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology, Avans University in 's-Hertogenbosch
Currently studing Game and Media technology (master), Utrecht University in Utrecht

TRS is the creative mind behind all of Angry Kitten's productions. He is most known for his work on the online graphic novel (or comic, call it what you will) Vreakerz and has been drawing all kinds of things ever since he was a little kid. For some reason, however, he chose to do a technical study instead of an arts one: probably because he thought he'd get to make games. It's probably also for that reason that he restarted his studies two years after graduating and working at the IT department of a dredging company building training simulators.

All in all, TRS can be described as either a misplaced cartoonist, or a software engineer who should've chosen a different career. Luckily, the wonderful world of entertainment offers many interesting possibilities to mixed up people like him. And thus, he started Angry Kitten, which he hopes to grow into a healthy entertainment company focused on Games and Comics.

Computer Science
In the course of his studies, TRS has produced some written materials that you might find interesting. You can find it here.

Interesting Papers

• J. Lasseter. Principles of traditional animation applied to 3D computer animation. SIGGRAPH ’87 Conference Proceedings, 1987 (p. 35-44)
• G. Hardin. The Tragedy of the Commons, Science, Vol. 162, No. 3859 (December 13, 1968), pp. 1243-1248.

Captivating Books

• the C++ Programming Language
  B. Stroustrup. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0201889544
• C++ for game programmers
  M.J. Dickheise. Charles River Media. 2007. ISBN 1-58450-452-8
• Physics for Game Developers
  D.M. Bourg. O'Reilly. 2002. ISBN10: 0596000065, ISBN13: 9780596000066

• Power+up
  C. Kohler. BradyGAMES Publishing. 2005. ISBN 0-7440-0424-1
• The Animator's survival kit
  R. Williams. Faber and faber. 2001. ISBN-13 978-0-571-20228-7, ISBN-10 0-571-20228-4.
• Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle: Experiencing Japanese Animation
  S.J. Napier. . Palgrave. 2001. ISBN-10: 1403970521, ISBN-13: 978-1403970527
• Keys to the Kingdom: The Rise of Michael Eisner and the Fall of Everybody Else
  Kim Masters. Harper Paperbacks. 2001. ISBN-10: 0066621097. ISBN-13: 978-0066621098.

• Profit over people: neoliberalism and global order
  N. Chomsky. Seven stories press. 1999. ISBN10: 1888363827, ISBN13: 9781888363821.
• Media control: the spectacular achievements of propoganda
  N. Chomsky. Seven stories press. 1997. ISBN: 1-58322-536-6, ISBN-13: 978-1-58322-536-3
• Allemaal psychisch (in Dutch)
  P. Vroon. Uitgeverij Maarten Muntinga bv. 1988. ISBN10: 9026309082, ISBN13: 9789026309083.

Intriguing Talks

• Sir K. Robinson. Schools kill creativity. TEDtalks 2006.
• T. Robins. Why we do what we do. TEDtalks 2006.
• D.Perry. On videogames.

Engrossing Documentaries

• The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom. Adam Curtis, Stephen Lambert. BBC. 2007.
• The Power of Nightmares. Adam Curtis, Lucy Kelsall, Stephen Lambert. BBC. 2004
• The Century of the Self. Adam Curtis, Lucy Kelsall, Stephen Lambert. BBC. 2002