The Amazing Retro 1995-style Homepage and Nearly Content-Free Website of
Robert Saint John, aka Rob Saint John, aka Robert W. St. John

San Francisco, California by way of Columbus, Ohio

 

Hello! Why are you here? Is it for the sleek, free-flowing design? Is it because it's the only page on the internet that won't crash your browser? Well, welcome. Can't promise to make it interesting, though.

My Crunchy Side:

I'm the longtime Director of Marketing for Ligos Corporation, a company that specializes in software-based solutions for digital video processing. You probably have something of ours on your computer or cable set-top box, and don't even know it. For over 16 years, I've specialized in nearly every aspect of digital video, from acquisition to production to delivery, as well as designing video software and systems for consumers, professionals and broadcasters. I deployed one of the first large-scale online video success stories (which I can't talk about, or I'd have to kill you), co-authored a 2000 Scientific American article on Digital Entertainment and Convergence technologies, and have been with Ligos since its founding in 1997.

My Sweet Frosty Side:

I'm a child of the 80s, staff member of the Monster Zero Forum and occasional writer for Sci-Fi Japan. My DVD collection beats up yours, and your kid. If it has something to do with Doctor Who, Japanese Kaiju films, The Prisoner, classic movies from the 30s-50s (TCM RULEZ!), the works of Isaac Asimov, tabletop RPGs, old school microgames from the 70s and early 80s, Quatermass, Ghost in the Shell, Star Trek, or William Gibson I probably love it.

Recent Projects:

NEW! - Eclipse Phase Quick-Start Rules for Kindle (211kb zipped AZW), as pimped on the All Games Considered Podcast! Adapted from the QSR for Posthuman Studios' absolutely rockin' Eclipse Phase, the post-apocalyptic science fiction game of transhumanism, conspiracy and horror; and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

Foundation Transmissions, a supplement for the sci-fi RPG Thousand Suns with articles and art by yours truly (August 2009).
ENTERPRISE (18MB PDF), my translation of the 1983 Japanese Star Trek roleplaying game by Tsukuda Hobby (March 2009)
SendToMyTV - An innovative video distribution service for personal television. My latest professional brainchild, patent pending (really!).
Mothra vs. Godzilla (PDF) - My complete translation of the 1982 Bandai wargame, "Mothra vs. Godzilla".
Ship Cards for the Thousand Suns RPG (PDF) - Alternate Ship Combat Cards for Rogue Game's brilliant "Imperial Science Fiction" role-playing game, Thousand Suns.
Other cool stuff coming soon...

Contact Me:

Send e-mail to "robert@" this domain. Unless you're an internet-stalking psychopath with too much time on your hands.