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.
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. 
