Rolf D. Busch

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Rolf D. Busch

Rolf Dieter Busch (born April 2, 1956 in Cologne ) is a German journalist , author and game localizer.

Life

Rolf D. Busch has been working as a journalist, translator and localizer of video and computer games in Germany since the late 1980s, with over 700 localized games to date. In 1989 he founded his agency TextFarm on a self-renovated farm in the Voreifel, which he still manages today. Since 2001 he has been living and working again in his native Cologne.

Training and work as an editor

After high school and military service, Busch studied at the University of Cologne , with guest semesters at various European universities. He has master's degrees in English, German, theater, film and television studies, is a member of the "Mensa in Deutschland eV" (MinD) association and speaks several foreign languages.

After completing his studies, Busch began a traineeship at Heinrich Bauer Verlag in 1983 in the editorial department of the DIY magazine Selbst ist der Mann , with side trips to the editorial offices of Auto Zeitung and the magazine Motorrad Reisen und Sport at the same publisher, and gained his first experience with daily newspapers. In 1985 he was taken on as a DIY editor, but just one year later he became head of the service at Auto Zeitung . He helped set up the first editorial text system at Bauer-Verlag and made the transition from typewriter to keyboard easier for colleagues.

Work as a computer journalist

In 1989 he went freelance as a journalist and began writing about computers and computer games. He wrote mostly humorous computer game reviews, including for Amiga magazine , PC Player and various daily newspapers such as the Kölnische Rundschau . In addition, Busch convinced the computer magazine Chip , which until then had only marginally dealt with game software, to introduce its own player section, for which he wrote reviews for several years. Between 1997 and 1999 he and his agency TextFarm were editorially responsible for the magazine Best of Sierra , with the classic game from the game developer Sierra Entertainment on CD.

Work in the do-it-yourself sector and as a motor journalist

Even after leaving the editorial desk, Rolf D. Busch remained connected to the topics of home improvement and cars not only privately. In collaboration with the editorial team Selbst ist der Mann , for example, the book Here is work is fun, and for the private broadcaster RTL , he oversaw its first home improvement program, Knowing as an author and director, from 1989 to 1990 . For his presenter at the time, Claudia Hessel , the show became one of the springboards for her career as an announcer, weather fairy and presenter on RTL; today she is chief presenter and editor at RTL West.

In the motor press area, Busch wrote for various magazines, preferably about classics. Together with his former editorial colleagues Thomas Fuths and Thomas M. Imhof, Rolf D. Busch wrote the GTI drivers' bible in 1992, The Big VW GTI Book . Heel-Verlag reissued this book in summer 2013.

Work as a game localizer

In addition to his journalistic and editorial activities, Rolf D. Busch also worked as a game localizer. In 1992 the German distributor of Legends of Valor approached him to engage Busch for German localization. While working on the Origin classic Ultima VIII - Pagan , which took him to Texas for several months, he wrote a multi-part localization diary for PC Player magazine, which was published in early 1994.

Together with his colleagues from TextFarm , he localized over 700 games, including voice recordings and video dubbing, including titles that were praised by the trade press for their good localization, such as the series Baphomets Fluch or Baldur's Gate 2 . He also worked on MMORPGs such as Dark Age of Camelot and The 4th Revelation , which according to the publisher Gamigo was the first completely Germanized MMORPG.

Selected other works

Busch often directed voice recordings of his translations himself and took on small roles, for example as Guardian in Ultima 8 or in the games Need for Speed and Z.

Book publications

  • with Thomas Fuths and Thomas M. Imhof: The big VW GTI book. Heel Verlag, Königswinter 1990, ISBN 3-89365-139-X .
  • Work is fun here - tables and desks. Pabel-Verlag, Rastatt 1991, ISBN 3-8118-8520-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Best of Sierra No. 10
  2. ↑ List of works by Rolf D. Busch at mobygames
  3. ↑ http://www.kultboy.com/Best-of-Sierra-Zeitschrift/153/ Best of Sierra at kultboy.com
  4. ↑ Claudia Hessel on her beginnings at Knowing How
  5. ↑ Claudia Hessel's facebook page on RTL West
  6. ↑ Website: History of the development of the TextFarm
  7. ↑ Ultima VIII localization diary in PC Player 02/94
  8. ↑ http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=5405&s=2 Review "Baphomets Curse 2" in PC Joker
  9. ↑ Review "Baldur's Gate 2" in PC Joker
  10. ↑ Online: Extract from the reference list on the TextFarm website
  11. ↑ Review "Shannara" in PC Joker
  12. ^ Internet Movie Database
  13. ↑ Speaker List Giant Bomb.
  14. ↑ Speaker List Giant Bomb
personal data
SURNAME Busch, Rolf D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busch, Rolf Dieter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, author and game localizer
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne