ger ▁on ▁E ight bar , ▁a ▁site ▁maintained ▁by ▁former ▁and ▁current ▁IBM ▁employees ▁on ▁the ▁fr ing es ▁of ▁innov ation ▁within ▁their ▁l abs . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁vo iced ▁Ev il ▁E ater , ▁the ▁ant agon ist ▁in ▁We et ak id . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁and ▁career ▁A ▁self - des cribed ▁programmer ▁since ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 4 , ▁Hugh es ▁attended ▁Ori el ▁Gram mar ▁School ▁in ▁Gor l eston , ▁Great ▁Y arm outh , ▁Nor folk , ▁and ▁De ▁Mont fort ▁University ▁( former ly ▁Le ic ester ▁Poly techn ic ) ▁in ▁Le ic ester , ▁Le ic esters hire , ▁where ▁he ▁received ▁a ▁B Sc ▁in ▁Information ▁Technology . ▁ ▁Hugh es ▁is ▁a ▁former ▁Cons ult ing ▁IT ▁Special ist ▁who ▁worked ▁on ▁emer ging ▁techn ologies ▁at ▁IBM ▁for ▁ 2 0 ▁years . ▁He ▁is ▁now ▁an ▁independent ▁consult ant ▁under ▁the ▁business ▁called ▁Fe eding ▁Edge ▁Ltd . ▁As ▁a ▁g amer , ▁he ▁describes ▁seeing ▁a ▁massive ▁increase ▁in ▁the ▁cap ability ▁and ▁design ▁eth ics ▁within ▁games ▁and ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁online ▁g aming . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁Hugh es ▁started ▁working ▁on ▁the ▁World ▁W ide ▁Web , ▁changing ▁his ▁perspective ▁on ▁the ▁science ▁and ▁technology ▁and ▁business ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁much ▁rich er ▁mix ▁of ▁people ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁web ▁revolution . ▁He ▁told ▁part ▁of ▁this ▁story ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁interview ▁with