Just one of fourteen historical Japanese tanks being added to
World of Tanks next week.   In my line of work, I interview a
lot of people. It becomes obvious when I am speaking to someone
who doesn't really care about their product and is just reciting
PR bullet points, or to someone who has a genuine love and
enthusiasm for it.  Jasper Nicholas is in the latter category.
It is rare to talk to someone in the upper management of a video
game company who is so in love with the product he represents.
Nicholas is Wargaming's general manager for the Asia-Pacific
region, a part of the world that Wargaming has only recently
begun to make a serious attempt to crack open. His portfolio is
diverse, covering Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and yes, Australia and
New Zealand.  Wargaming's most famous product is the wildly
popular World of Tanks, a free-to-play online tank battle game
that delivers bite-sized morsels of heavy duty hardware and high
explosive, with most battles running less than fifteen minutes.
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