In 2001 Scott Or was name on a list of "gamemaking gods" by a magazine headquartered in what city?
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Scott Orr Scott Orr is an American computer game and video game designer best known as the original lead designer on the first video game console versions of the North American best-selling game, "Madden NFL Football". In 2001 "Wired" magazine named Orr on its list of "gamemaking gods."
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Wired (magazine) Wired is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has been in publication since March/April 1993. Several spin-offs have been launched including: "Wired UK", "Wired Italia", "Wired Japan" and "Wired Germany".
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Game Informer Game Informer (GI) is an American monthly video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and associated consoles. It debuted in August 1991 when FuncoLand started publishing a six-page magazine. The publication is owned and published by GameStop Corp., the parent company of the video game retailer of the same name, who bought FuncoLand in 2000. Due to this, a large amount of promotion is done in-store, which has contributed to the success of the magazine; it is now the 4th most popular magazine by copies circulated. "Game Informer" has since become an important part of GameStop's customer loyalty program, Power Up Rewards, which offers subscribers access to special content on the official website.
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Soedesco Soedesco (stylized as SOEDESCO) is a Dutch video game publisher based in Rotterdam established in 2001. Originally focused on creating accessory and game bundles, in 2014 the company expanded its business to include retail game publishing for indie game titles for the European and North American markets. Most of the games published by Soedesco are developed by independent European-based developer studios.
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Obsidian Entertainment Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. is an independent American video game developer whose corporate headquarters are located in Irvine, California. It was founded in 2003 shortly before the closure of Black Isle Studios by ex-Black Isle employees Feargus Urquhart, Chris Avellone, Chris Parker, Darren Monahan, and Chris Jones.
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Atari Age Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club, Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc. The magazine only covered Atari products and events, offering exclusive deals to its readers, and serving as an advertising and merchandise outlet for the company. Atari used the magazine to build brand loyalty. The articles extolled Atari games and lavished them with praise, regardless of their comparison to similar products from competitors. The magazine was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Roger E. Moore Roger E. Moore (born July 11, 1955 in Winchester, Kentucky) is a designer of role-playing games. He is best known for his long-running tenure as editor of "Dragon" magazine, and was the founding editor of "Dungeon" magazine.
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PopCap Games PopCap Games, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher, based in Seattle, Washington, United States, and is a subsidiary of Electronic Arts. It was founded in 2000 by John Vechey, Brian Fiete and Jason Kapalka, and since October 2013 employs about 400 people. Most of PopCap's games are available for a fee and are purchased through Origin or Steam.
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Alderac Entertainment Group Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game, board game, and collectible card game products. AEG was formed by Jolly Blackburn in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California. Prior to getting into their current markets, AEG was involved in hobby gaming magazines, with their first product the magazine "Shadis" (winner of the 1994, 1995, and 1996 Origins Awards for "Best Professional Gaming Magazine").
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En Masse Entertainment En Masse Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Bluehole Interactive, Inc.) is an American video game publisher and a subsidiary of South Korean video game developer Bluehole. Founded in June 2008, the company is based in Seattle, Washington and is best-known for publishing massively multiplayer online role-playing game "TERA", which was developed by parent company Bluehole. The original En Masse leadership team had extensive experience in the video game industry at leading companies, including Blizzard Entertainment, Microsoft, NCsoft, ArenaNet, and Electronic Arts. In January 2013, Chris Lee and Soo Min Park became chief executive officer and chief operating officer, respectively.
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Strategy First Strategy First Inc. is a video game publisher based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1988, the company has published numerous games, such as the , "Jagged Alliance" series, "", and "Space Empires" series.
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Pagan Publishing Pagan Publishing is a role-playing game publishing company founded by John Scott Tynes in 1990. It began by publishing a "Call of Cthulhu" role-playing game fanzine, "The Unspeakable Oath". In 1994, the company moved from Columbia, Missouri to Seattle, Washington where it incorporated. The staff at this time included John Tynes as editor-in-chief, John H. Crowe III as business manager, Dennis Detwiller as art director, and Brian Appleton and Chris Klepac as editors. Tynes, Detwiller and Adam Scott Glancy released the "Delta Green" modern "Call of Cthulhu" campaign setting in 1996. Pagan has released many other "Call of Cthulhu" products, including a foray into card games with "Creatures & Cultists" and miniature games with "The Hills Rise Wild!".
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Paradigm Concepts Paradigm Concepts, Inc. is a small-press game publishing company located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2001.
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Freeverse Inc. Freeverse Inc. (formerly Freeverse Software) was a computer and video game, and desktop software developer owned by Ngmoco. Based in New York City, Freeverse titles received numerous awards including a Macworld Game Hall of Fame, two Macworld San Francisco Best of Shows and three Apple Design Awards in 2004. Its original characters appeared in TimeDigital, Wired, and Animation World magazines, as well as in national television commercials for Blockbuster Video. Freeverse was acquired by its competitor Ngmoco in February 2010.
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Infogrames Infogrames Entertainment, SA (IESA) (] ) was an international French holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. It was the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, U.S. and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory computer book. Through its subsidiaries, Infogrames produced, published and distributed interactive games for all major video game consoles and computer game platforms.
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Business 2.0 Business 2.0 was a monthly magazine publication founded by magazine entrepreneur Chris Anderson, Mark Gross, and journalist James Daly in order to chronicle the rise of the "New Economy". First published in July 1998, the magazine was sold to Time Inc., the publishing division of Time Warner, in July 2001. The magazine failed to make sufficient profit and was shut down; the final issue being published in October 2007. It was based in San Francisco, California.
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Gamasutra Gamasutra is a website founded in 1997 that focuses on all aspects of video game development. It is owned and operated by UBM TechWeb (formerly a part of CMP Media), a division of Unite Business Media, and acts as the online sister publication to the print magazine "Game Developer".
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Optimus Design Systems Optimus Design Systems (ODS) was a small publisher of role-playing games (RPGs), based in Buffalo, New York. The company produced two products, the "Battlelords of the 23rd Century" science-fiction role-playing game, and the "Blood Dawn" post-apocalyptic RPG. ODS produced the first of several editions of "Battlelords of the 23rd Century" in 1990, followed by several supplements. In addition, it opened two game stores, one in Buffalo, New York and one in Williamsville, New York. ODS was primarily run by its founder, Lawrence R. Sims, who was also the primary author of its products. The company eventually succumbed to financial difficulties. SSDC, Inc. acquired the licenses to these products in 1999.
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Petroglyph Games Petroglyph Games is a video game publisher and video game developer based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The company was formed by the last group of ex- Westwood Studios employees who resigned when Westwood Pacific was shut down by Electronic Arts in 2003, effectively assimilating Westwood Studios into the EA Pacific studios in Los Angeles to form EA Los Angeles.
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Elonka Dunin Elonka Dunin ( ; born December 29, 1958) is an American video game developer who worked at Simutronics Corp. in St. Louis, Missouri from 1990–2014, and in 2015 was Senior Producer at Black Gate Games in Nashville, Tennessee. She is Chairperson Emerita and one of the founders of the International Game Developers Association's Online Games group, has contributed or been editor in chief on multiple IGDA State of the Industry white papers, and was one of the Directors of the Global Game Jam from 2011–2014.
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Z2Live Z2Live is an American video game developer based in Seattle, Washington. All of Z2Live's games are available for free with premium content available for a fee. As of 2016 it a subsidiary of King Digital division of Activision Blizzard.