He's the world's most successful videogame musician, having composed music and sound effects for over 100 best-selling PlayStation, PC, Mega Drive and Saturn games. He lives in Laguna Beach, California, is top mates with Shiny Entertainment's Dave Perry and drives a Lamborghini Countach. And yes, we're all dead jealous.
Neil West

FG: Played any good games lately?
TT: I loved the import version of Metal Gear Solid, mostly due to its unique gameplay elements, superb graphics, captivating sound and in-depth storyline. Of course having Snake trying to bang every chick in the game, a co-star dame with a nice rack and showing a dead guy's naked ass didn't hurt either!

FG: What do you think of Lara Croft?
TT: Explicit things frequently.

FG: What name or initials do you enter on high-score tables?
TT: GOD.

FG: What games systems do you have at home?
TT: Pong, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision, NES, SNES, Genesis, 3DO, Jaguar, Saturn, PlayStation and N64. And yes, they're all hooked up, except the 3DO. I also have over 15 arcade games and three pinball machines, table football, air hockey, table tennis and a pool table. My favourites are Star Wars, Tron and Baby Pac-Man.

FG: If you could keep just one, which would it be?
TT: The PlayStation.

FG: What's your favourite bit in Super Mario 64?
TT: That secret part where you collect the 121st star. It's so cool! I couldn't believe what happened! What, you guys never saw that bit? I guess you'll have to go back and play it again.

FG: Who'd win in a fight, Sonic or Mario?
TT: Although Sonic has the speed, Mario (being a fellow Italian) would have his boys from the east side rough him up pretty good. It's hard to run with cement shoes and a wrench up yer pipe.