Claim: Joseph and Melissa Batten, Melissa worked for the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Public Defender's Office before moving to Washington state, she worked on Halo 3.
Evidence: At the time, she worked for the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Public Defender's Office. Melissa moved to Washington state in 2002, and soon after got a job at Microsoft Game Studios, where Joseph was already working as a video game programmer. Melissa earned credits on Halo 3 and Gears of War as a Software Development Engineer in Test, and was working in support of Xbox 360 developer Rare Joseph later worked at Wizards of the Coast as a Senior Project Manager.