Greg Easter

**Greg Easter** is a YouTuber, chef, author, and former video game developer, best known to Residents fans for developing the unfinished *Mark of the Mole* Atari game in 1983.

## History

Greg Easter began working for Atari in early 1982. By that point in the company's history, it had already established itself as an iconic and influential games studio. Due to the near-instant commercial failure of their second console, the Atari 5200, a number of the company's employees continued to develop games for their initial console, the Atari 2600.

In November 1982, Easter created a prototype for *Snow White and the Seven Dwarves*, an adaptation of the Disney film of the same name. In February 1983, a different *Snow White* prototype was produced by Atari; although it features no credits, it is speculated that Easter was also involved with it.

While programming *Snow White*, Easter listened to The Residents' eighth studio album, *Mark of the Mole*, and wanted to create a game inspired by it. Perhaps after the cancellation of Snow White, Easter began working on Mark of the Mole with The Cryptic Corporation's enthusiastic blessing.

Easter sent a prototype of the game to The Residents on March 25th 1983, but despite some further development, the game was left incomplete when Easter left Atari in 1984. None of his games saw release. In 1989, he graduated with a Ph.D. in Science at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Sixteen years later, Easter began selling game development material through eBay, starting with *Snow White* in 2000 and, in 2008, *Mark of the Mole*. In January of 2008, he published his first book, *Ceramic-to-Metal Joints and Seals,* and has published many since.

In 2012, Easter started a (now modestly popular) YouTube channel, "CookingInRussia", later renamed "CookingInFinland" when he opened a restaurant in Finland. On the channel, he shares cooking tutorials based on his years of experience as a restaurant chef.

As of 2022, Easter remains active on YouTube and also maintains an account on Quora.

## See also

* *Mark of the Mole* (video game)
* Jim Ludtke

## External links and references

1. ↑ http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/markmole/markmole.htm
2. ↑ https://www.quora.com/profile/Greg-Easter-1
3. ↑ https://www.metafilter.com/163820/Cooking-In-Russia
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/CookinginRussia/videos?view=0&sort=dd&flow=grid
5. ↑ https://www.dinnertime.tips/whats\_new/lets\_talk\_chefs\_cookbooks\_youtube.html
6. ↑ https://youtu.be/rYy79y1IIPg

**Side A:** **Hole-Workers at the Mercy of Nature**
"Voices of the Air" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "Migration"
**Side B:** **Hole-Workers vs. Man and Machine**
"Another Land" · "The New Machine" · "Final Confrontation"
**Personnel**
The Residents · Nessie Lessons · Penn Jillette
**Related works**
The Mole Trilogy (*The Tunes of Two Cities* · Part Three · *The Big Bubble*) · The Mole Show (*Live At The Roxy* · *Mole Show* VHS · *Live In Holland* · *Mole Bag*) · *Intermission* · *Mark of the Mole* video game (**Greg Easter**) · *Assorted Secrets* (Res Dance '82) · *Mark of the Mole* novel (T.D. Wade) · "Mole Suite" · *Mole Box*
**Related articles**
Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Porno Graphics · Moles · Chubs

**Cast of Characters**
Mohelmot · Chubs (Innisfree · The Scientist) · The ObserverDarkness · The Evil DisposerCross (Zinkenites · Kula Bocca · The Big Bubble · Frankie DuVall)
**Part One: *Mark of the Mole* (1981)**
(video game · novel)
**Side A: Hole-Workers at the Mercy of Nature**
"Voices of the Air" · "The Ultimate Disaster" · "Migration"
**Side B: Hole-Workers vs. Man and Machine**
"Another Land" · "The New Machine" · "Final Confrontation"
**Part Two: *The Tunes of Two Cities* (1982)**
(*The Comix of Two Cities*)
**Side A:** "Serenade For Missy" · "A Maze Of Jigsaws" · "Mousetrap" · "God Of Darkness" · "Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)" · "Praise For The Curse"
**Side B:** "The Secret Seed" · "Smokebeams" · "Mourning The Undead" · "Song Of The Wild" · "The Evil Disposer" · "Happy Home (Excerpt From Act II of "Innisfree")"
***Intermission: Extraneous Music From The Residents' Mole Show* (1982)**
**Side A:** "Lights Out (Prelude)" · "Shorty's Lament (Intermission)"
**Side B:** "The Moles Are Coming (Intermission)" · "Would We Be Alive? (Intermission)" · "The New Hymn (Recessional)"
**The Mole Show (1982-1983)**(*Mole Dance 82* · *Live At The Roxy* · *La Edad de Oro* · Uncle Sam Mole Show · VHS · *Live In Holland* · DVD bag set)
**Part Three: ???**
"Now It Is Too Late" · "Going Nowhere" · "Tired Old Man" · "Marching To The We" · *Mole Suite*
**Part Four: *The Big Bubble* (1985)**(fictional band · Black Shroud Records)
**Side A:** "Sorry" · "Hop A Little" · "Go Where Ya Wanna Go" · "Gotta Gotta Get" · "Cry For The Fire"
**Side B:** "Die-Stay-Go" · "Vinegar" · "Firefly" · "The Big Bubble" · "Fear for the Future" · "Kula Bocca Says So"
**Part Five: ???**
**Part Six: ???**
**Related works**
"Open Up" · "Anvil Forest" · The 10th Anniversary Show (*Assorted Secrets*) · *PAL TV LP* · The 13th Anniversary Show · *Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed* ("From MOM1" · "Untitled" · "Jingle Bell" · "Another Another Land")
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Ralph Records · The Cryptic Corporation · Grove St. studio · Minna St. studio · Porno Graphics · Penn Jillette · Nessie Lessons · Snakefinger · Matt Howarth · **Greg Easter** · T.D. Wade