MICHAEL GILBERT is a long-time systems programmer for various engineering firms. He got his start developing games for the Atari ST, and he was a frequent contributing editor for STart magazine. Over the years he has continued to develop gaming software on the PC and Mac for clients worldwide. He's also an expert Flash ActionScript programmer and has produced a popular Internet gaming environment called HigherGames. He now enjoys developing games for the iPhone and iPad, and currently has three games in the AppStore (Wordigo, Jumpin' Java, and Set Pro HD). In his spare time, he enjoys trying to defeat his wife Janeen in a friendly game of Scrabble.