Joshua's passion for games started with his family - making war games with LEGO figures to play with one brother and playing Atari 2600 games with the other. His parents were very supportive and exposed him to numerous board games, but they wouldn't let him play D&D. Naturally, he rebelled and started making his own role-playing games on his father's computer. He would sneak into his father's office late at night, downloading games from BBSs and teaching himself to code. This proved an asset later in life, as he found work doing commercial software and eventually independent games. Alongside his love of games, Joshua fostered an interest in music. He graduated from Western Connecticut State University with a BA in Music. He is a jazz saxophonist and underground hip hop MC, who regularly performs with the live hip hop band Trippopotamus. In his spare time, Joshua is interested in military history and historical war gaming.