CLIFFHANGER Full playthrough video The MW2 prototype, E3 level and 3rd level of the game (counting S.S.D.D.) This was my first map on MW2 single player. I worked on this level from blockout to completion. Some of the geo was later repurposed for a spec-ops mission. Here's a video of Jason West playing Cliffhanger on stage at the Microsoft press conference in 2009. Youtube: Cliffhanger Debut click on a thumbnail to see a larger image

WOLVERINES! Full playthrough video I didn't really work on this level directly. I had worked on some geo for an American neighborhood when I started at IW, which was originally intended for Multiplayer but never made the cut. Later, the geo was used for the intro section of the Wolverines! mission and eventually repurposed for a spec-ops mission where one player is in the chopper covering the other player on the ground. A lot of the inspiration for the area came from growing up in neighborhoods like this. My contribution to the level ends at about the 2:30 minute mark in this video. click on a thumbnail to see a larger image

GULAG Full playthrough video My most ambitious map for MW2. I'm very proud of this level because I think it was a technilogocal achievement as well as a gameplay success, with a great story beat. One of my favorite parts of the level is the shower room fight, which I designed in an hommage to a great action movie of the 90's, The Rock. It didn't go without notice from the community. MW2 shower room VS The Rock shower room There was also a push at one point with this level to get it ready for the trailer, as well as showcasing spec-ops mode with the shower room mission, Breach and Clear. I worked on this level from  paper design to completion. click on a thumbnail to see a larger image

OF THEIR OWN ACCORD Full playthrough video Another ambitious level. Many designers worked on this map over the course of the project and many different gameplay ideas were tried in the different areas. I think at one point we were driving tanks through the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. I ended up doing most of what you see from the 10 minute mark to the end of this video, as well as most of the lighting in the level and lots of detailing, optimizing and bug fixing. As I've never been to Washington DC, this level took a lot of reference hunting and studying Google Maps to get the layout and distant views of the DC Mall right. click on a thumbnail to see a larger image

WHISKEY HOTEL Full playthrough video This was a fun level to work on. It went fast, since it's essentially pretty small, but there was a lot of research to get the layout as correct as possible. It was one of the places in the game that we had to get just right. Images of the level stirred the pot a little, depicting a US capital under attack. I appreciate this articles take on the idea. It was designed to make you feel something. The Whitehouse was blocked out in-game to some extent when I was put on the level. I took what was there and we designed a layout from that, then I worked on the map to completion. click on a thumbnail to see a larger image

JUST LIKE OLD TIMES Full playthrough video Near the end of the game, this level has the player tracking the bad guy through a cave system in Afghanistan. This really put my terrain skills to the test, since the whole thing was basically made of rock, and building caves can get real squirrely real fast. The level was nearly cut at one point, but was brought back to life by a team effort of 2 great scripters on the team. I worked on the level from blockout to completion. click on a thumbnail to see a larger image

CREDITS MUSEUM Full playthrough video The museum was a pet project of mine. I had a little free time at the end of the project and started working on this on my own. The diarama idea is based off of the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. It went fast, so when I had something good enough to show I did a quick pitch to the leads to get it in the game somehow. With a little scripting help, the credits level was born. Every character model, weapon and almost every vehicle is present here. The artists loved it! Just remember, Do not press the red button! click on a thumbnail to see a larger image

MULTIPLAYER : BAILOUT Multiplayer match video My only shipped multiplayer map for MW2, Bailout was released with the first DLC, the Stimulus Package. I designed a lot of these spaces and the overall look from an apartment complex I was living in at the time. After it was released, I saw through a patio window in the complex a guy playing the map in his living room. I always wondered if he thought something looked familiar. The video shows a (really good) player just playing a regular match on Bailout. click on a thumbnail to see a larger image