About

I’m Tommy Leung. That’s my real name. I’m also known as SuperTommy. I use it as a branding tool like how professional wrestlers have stage names. And yes, I love wrestling. In this age of the Internet, everyone needs a stage name that’s memorable or to hide your real identity. I’m not looking to hide and SuperTommy is not easily forgettable.

I live in New York City and work in the burgeoning games industry of the Big Apple. I’m a Libertarian and used to be vocally passionate. I’m still passionate but, far less vocal–less results appear when the feds look for me in conjunction with anti-State, pro-market queries! My effort is better spent in health & fitness, marketing, and games.

Video Games

When people ask me this, the answer is: “I make video games.” 99 times out of 100, people are excited that I work in video games. Honestly, I’m excited that I work in games too! It has always been a childhood dream and now I’m living it. Next step is to leave a giant footprint.

I work for SMASHWORX. We are an independent game company that produces kick ass games. Our first game is Propaganda Lander for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. We are an almost too awesome bunch. :)

I have no formal training in computers. All my technical programming abilities and knowledge are self taught so I’m not entirely familiar with the proper names for certain concepts and principles even though I likely employ them. My major objective with technology is to use it to reach a specific goal. In the case of games, it is to use whatever technology or platform be it Flash, iOS, PC, Mac, Android, consoles, etc to create an engaging and entertaining experience or product.

To me, it’s not about the technology. It’s about what the technology can create.

Interactive and Social Media Marketing

I have a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the Lubin School of Business at Pace University. I decided years ago to pursue a degree in marketing because I felt it was a knowledge that I could apply broadly. When is knowing how to sell and reach an audience not useful? I didn’t want to get a degree in something narrow like Computer Science–complex math is also quite daunting.

It took a while for me to figure out which part of marketing I was really interested in. I have an affection towards the new and exciting. I took a plethora of marketing classes to finish my degree and while all of it was great, it was really the barely-talked-about interactive and online marketing that got me excited.

A good deal of Pace professors are also professionals in their field. They do have to teach the “fundamentals” but, it should be apparent to any marketing professional worth their weight in salt that the landscape was shifting. I believe that the future of marketing lies in digital, online, and interactive media. The old rules of interruption marketing is just not going to cut it for much longer.

I’m not saying TV will be dead or that print will be dead. It is up to the marketer to come up with creative uses of all tools available. I am saying that interactive marketing will be leading market growth and changing the way we do things.

Health & Fitness

I’ve had a steady relationship with weight lifting, strength conditioning, and physical fitness since I was thirteen. There is almost nothing else that I’ve continued with for such an extent of time. I strongly believe that we should all strive to be physically fit and live healthily. We won’t always know if what we’re doing is the best thing for our health because what is thought to be correct science today can be proven wrong tomorrow.

The only thing we can do is experiment and see what our body likes and dislikes and keep doing the things it likes: the foods, vitamins, activities, etc. that keep it running well. We only have one body. For all it’s advantages and disadvantages compared to all other bodies, it’s the only body we have to work with and it’s going to stay with us forever.

And it isn’t just about vanity even though I joke that it is from time to time. Looking good in the mirror or on the beach should not top the list for why we should live well and take care of ourselves. Looking good is a side effect of living well and taking care of ourselves.

I believe in looking at optimal human health from an evolutionary perspective. This is popularly known as a paleo diet or paleo lifestyle.