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Computer Game Design and DevelopmentThe student ACM chapter at George Washington University (in collabortion with DC chapter), proudly presents the December 2007 Lecture:Speaker: Richard Garriott, aka Lord British Topic: Computer Game Design and Development Richard has been involved in game development from the time of the Apple II through today's dual-core powerhouses. His talk will be about the work of today's game developer, from design documents and gameplay tuning to programming techniques and application interfaces. When: Monday, 10 December 2007. 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Where: George Washington University Campus Marvin Center (http://gwired.gwu.edu/marvincenter) 3rd Floor Auditorium Also, students are invited to meet with Richard informally in the CS conference room, 7th floor academic center, starting at about 3pm on Monday. Richard produced his first published game, Akalabeth, in the summer of 1980 while working at a ComputerLand retail store. In the early 1980s, he began development the Ultima computer game series. Originally programmed for the Apple II, the first was published by California Pacific Computers, and sold in Ziploc plastic bags to interested parties. The second installment was published by Sierra On-Line. By the time he developed his third installment, the games had such a large following that Garriott (along with his brother, Robert, and his father, Owen) established their own video game publisher, Origin Systems, to handle publishing and distribution. Origin went on to become one of the most influential game developers in the history of video games. Richard sold Origin to Electronic Arts in September 1992. He stayed with Electronic Arts/Origin and launched Ultima Online, the first commercially viable massively multiplayer game, in 1997. He left Origin in April of 2000 and started a new company called Destination Games. Destination Games became a part of NCsoft Corporation in 2001. Richard first title for NCsoft, Tabula Rasa, was released in October 2007. He became the ninth inductee into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in 2006. On a side note, Richard gained the nickname 'Lord British' from older students at his high school who thought he spoke with a British accent. |
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