13 Jul 2009Aberdeen fan has dream football computer game job

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An Aberdeen football fan has been uncovered as the man with the dream job of spending time with a number of the top stars from around the world.

The Sunday Mail reports that Gary Paterson is one of 60 programmers working on the creation of the FIFA 10 computer game that is due out later this year.

And speaking to the publication, he revealed that getting to meet Ronaldinho is all part of a day's work as he gets players to produce certain moves and then he has the job of transforming them into graphics.

Mr Paterson said: "I have to kick myself sometimes. I went to Barcelona to do motion capture with Ronaldinho. He plays FIFA and wanted us to put certain moves in.

"It was amazing. He was wearing the body suit and I was on the sidelines telling him what to do."

He added that the upcoming game is a little better than past instalments, with a few new surprises awaiting gamers.

Ronaldinho found himself on the front cover of the past game FIFA 07, alongside Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney.

Written by Tom Jenkins

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