Shawn Baxter, aka “Snow Infernus” and “The Nubbin,” is one of Capcom Unity’s most enthusiastic members. So much so, in fact, that a good portion of Capcom’s US marketing group — and some of our Japanese devs as well — actually know his name. Shawn is a constant poster on the forums, comments on blogs, pops into Friday PAC sessions regularly and has tons of dialog with other Unity folks as well as Capcom community commandos like Seth, Chris, Christian and myself (too many Chriseses, which is why I am always “Kramer”). And, as mentioned in the previous post, he’s also a pretty snazzy artiste, whipping up the kick-ass Lost Planet PS3 theme. Shawn’s one of the reasons why we’ve focused so much on our community outreach over the last 18 months: to be able to connect directly with people just like you, the diehard Capcom fan.

And that’s why Shawn will be joining Capcom in Las Vegas for CAPTIVATE08, our blow-out, world-wide media summit. Shawn is going to be amongst the first on the planet to see and experience some of the secret gems that we’ll be rolling out, and we’re pleased as punch that he’s going to be there with us.

How hardcore is young master Nubbin? He’s so hardcore that we actually informed him of his selection for CAPTIVATE08 via Xbox LIVE email. In real life, Shawn is a 21-year-old designer from Illinois who is quite possibly the world’s biggest Lost Planet fan. Shawn came to Capcom Unity by having his ass handed to him at Lost Planet multiplayer demo matches; turned out the player using him for target practice was Brian Dunn, our original Lost Planet blogger. Shawn’s done a number of cool freebie Capcom-centric designs, including some awesome Windows desktops and now his design work has actually landed him some paid gigs from Capcom; he’s currently taking stabs at a few different logo concepts, as well as whipping up a new Lost Planet COLONIES t-shirt. Since joining Unity, Shawn has posted over 2,300 messages on the forums, averaging almost 5 posts per day!

As Shawn puts it: “Lost Planet and the Capcom Unity site was the start of meeting a lot of Capcom employees, and great new friends. And it started a serious addiction to Capcom games. I always played Capcom games, but never knew what a difference being a part of the community would make.” We agree.

One down, four to go. Are you gonna make it? Keep your eyes on Capcom Unity, as CAPTIVATE08 is nearly upon us…

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