https://www.ifwiki.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Ifwikiuseranonymous&feedformat=atomIFWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T07:31:38ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.5https://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Ken_Williams&diff=14129Ken Williams2006-04-14T04:49:21Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: </p>
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<div>Ken Williams and [[Roberta Williams]] are the founders of [[Sierra On-Line]] and creators of commercially successful graphic adventures. He was the CEO of Sierra On-Line from 1979 to 1996. He went into retirement in 1996 after selling off his company to CUC International. At present, he lives in Mexico but travels extensively with his wife and maintains a couple of websites as hobbies.<br />
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In an ACG interview conducted in 2006, Williams dismissed any chance of returning to the computer game business, "The honest answer is that I am retired. My primary focus is on boating around the world, and trimming a few strokes off my golf game. As a hobby I’ll keep doing talkspot.com, but realistically, it’s really only myself VERY part time, my son DJ and a great programmer (Brian) working on the project."<br />
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{{stub|Author Credits is incomplete. Summary of role at Sierra is wanted.}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Author Credits==<br />
* ''Mystery House'' (designer: [[Roberta Williams]], implementor: Ken Williams, publisher: [[Sierra]]; 1980). See also: [[Mystery House Taken Over]].<br />
* ''Ulysses and the Golden Fleece'' ([[Bob Davis]] and Ken Williams; 1982; publisher: [[Sierra]]). Former commercial game.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/161 Baf's Guide listing for Ken Williams]<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/197/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Philip Jong]], March 2006.<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/125/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Jess Morrissette]], March 1997. Updated October 1999.<br />
[[Category: People|Williams, Ken]] [[Category:Interviewed|Williams, Ken]] [[Category:Sierra|Williams, Ken]] [[Category:Stubs|Williams, Ken]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Ken_Williams&diff=14128Ken Williams2006-04-14T04:45:48Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: </p>
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<div>Ken Williams and [[Roberta Williams]] are the founders of [[Sierra On-Line]] and creators of commercially successful graphic adventures. He was the CEO of Sierra On-Line from 1979 to 1996. He went into retirement in 1996 after selling off his company to CUC International. At present, he lives in Mexico but travels extensively with his wife and maintains a couple of websites as hobbies.<br />
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In an ACG interview conducted in 2006{{ref|ACG}}, Williams dismissed any chance of returning to the computer game business, "The honest answer is that I am retired. My primary focus is on boating around the world, and trimming a few strokes off my golf game. As a hobby I’ll keep doing talkspot.com, but realistically, it’s really only myself VERY part time, my son DJ and a great programmer (Brian) working on the project."<br />
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{{stub|Author Credits is incomplete. Summary of role at Sierra is wanted.}}<br />
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==References==<br />
# {{note|ACG}}{{cite web||author=Adventure Classic Gaming ||year=2006||url=http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/197/||title=Ken Williams Interview||format=||work=||publisher=[[Adventure Classic Gaming]]||accessdate=April 2||accessyear=2006|}}<br />
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==Author Credits==<br />
* ''Mystery House'' (designer: [[Roberta Williams]], implementor: Ken Williams, publisher: [[Sierra]]; 1980). See also: [[Mystery House Taken Over]].<br />
* ''Ulysses and the Golden Fleece'' ([[Bob Davis]] and Ken Williams; 1982; publisher: [[Sierra]]). Former commercial game.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/161 Baf's Guide listing for Ken Williams]<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/125/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Jess Morrissette]], March 1997. Updated October 1999.<br />
[[Category: People|Williams, Ken]] [[Category:Interviewed|Williams, Ken]] [[Category:Sierra|Williams, Ken]] [[Category:Stubs|Williams, Ken]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Dave_Lebling&diff=13038Dave Lebling2006-02-16T14:32:52Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Interviews */</p>
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<div>'''Dave Lebling''' is a software engineer who was one of [[Infocom]]'s original implementors.<br />
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==Author Credits==<br />
* ''Zork'' a.k.a. ''Dungeon'' (with [[Tim Anderson]], [[Marc Blank]] and [[Bruce Daniels]]; 1979).<br />
* ''Zork I'' (with [[Marc Blank]]; publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1980; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Zork II'' (with [[Marc Blank]]; publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1981; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Zork III'' (with [[Marc Blank]]; publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1982; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Starcross'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1982; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Enchanter'' (with [[Marc Blank]]; publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1983; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Suspect'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1984; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Spellbreaker'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1985; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''The Lurking Horror'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1987; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''James Clavell's Shogun'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1989; [[Z-code]]).<br />
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==Other Credits==<br />
* "Zork, a Computerized Fantasy Simulation Game." (with [[Marc Blank]] and [[Tim Anderson]].) ''IEEE Computer'', April 1979.<br />
* "Zork and the Future of Computerized Fantasy Simulations." ''BYTE Magazine'', December 1980.<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/7 Baf's Guide listing for Dave Lebling]<br />
* [[wikipedia:Dave Lebling]]<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/171/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Philip Jong]] and [[Stephen Granade]], July 2001.<br />
[[Category:People|Lebling, Dave]] [[Category:Infocom|Lebling, Dave]] [[Category:Interviewed|Lebling, Dave]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Howard_A._Sherman&diff=13037Howard A. Sherman2006-02-16T14:31:43Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Interviews */</p>
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<div>==Author Credits==<br />
* ''Baltimore:24'' (1997; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Pentari'' a.k.a. ''The Pentari Prequel'' (1998; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''BOFH'' (2002; [[Z-code]]). [[IF Comp 2002]]: 26th place.<br />
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The following games are only available through [[Malinche Entertainment]]:<br />
* ''Pentari: First Light'' (2003; [[Z-code]]). Commercial.<br />
* ''Greystone'' (1-Dec-2003; [[Z-code]]). Commercial.<br />
* ''Endgame'' (23-Aug-2004; [[Z-code]]). Commercial.<br />
* ''Azteca'' (20-Dec-2004; [[Z-code]]). Free with registration at Malinche.<br />
* ''The First Mile'' (15-Jul-2005; [[Z-code]]). Commercial.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.malinche.net/ Malinche Entertainment] - Howard Sherman's IF company.<br />
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/417 Baf's Guide listing for Howard A. Sherman]<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/176/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Philip Jong]], September 1999.<br />
* [http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2005/07/13/prnewswire200507130800PR_NEWS_B_SWT_DA_DAW003.html Forbes article] - "Interactive Fiction Comes of Age; 'Novel' of 21st Century Goes Mobile; Available on iPod July 15", July 2005.<br />
[[Category:People|Sherman, Howard A.]] [[Category:Inform authors|Sherman, Howard A.]] [[Category:Interviewed|Sherman, Howard A.]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Ken_Williams&diff=13036Ken Williams2006-02-16T14:30:49Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Interviews */</p>
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<div>Ken Williams and [[Roberta Williams]] are the founders of [[Sierra On-Line]] and creators of commercially successful graphic adventures.<br />
{{stub|Author Credits is incomplete. Summary of role at Sierra is wanted.}}<br />
==Author Credits==<br />
* ''Mystery House'' (designer: [[Roberta Williams]], implementor: Ken Williams, publisher: [[Sierra]]; 1980). See also: [[Mystery House Taken Over]].<br />
* ''Ulysses and the Golden Fleece'' ([[Bob Davis]] and Ken Williams; 1982; publisher: [[Sierra]]). Former commercial game.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/161 Baf's Guide listing for Ken Williams]<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/125/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Jess Morrissette]], March 1997. Updated October 1999.<br />
[[Category: People|Williams, Ken]] [[Category:Interviewed|Williams, Ken]] [[Category:Sierra|Williams, Ken]] [[Category:Stubs|Williams, Ken]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Roberta_Williams&diff=13035Roberta Williams2006-02-16T14:29:56Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Interviews */</p>
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<div>{{stub|Author Credits is incomplete; Summary of her role at Sierra wanted.}}<br />
==Author Credits==<br />
* ''Mystery House'' (designer: Roberta Williams, implementor: [[Ken Williams]], publisher: [[Sierra]]; 1980). See also: [[Mystery House Taken Over]].<br />
* ''The Wizard and the Princess'' (publisher: [[Sierra]]; 1982). Former commercial game.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/162 Baf's Guide listing for Roberta Williams]<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/127/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Andy Bellatti]] and [[Philip Jong]], November 1997. Updated October 1999.<br />
[[Category:People|Williams, Roberta]] [[Category:Interviewed|Williams, Roberta]] [[Category:Sierra|Williams, Roberta]] [[Category:Stubs|Willams, Roberta]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Mark_Seibert&diff=13034Mark Seibert2006-02-16T14:28:29Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Interviews */</p>
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<div>[[Mark Seibert]] is best known for his MIDI work (music) for the [[King's Quest series]] at [[Sierra On-Line]]. He was also the producer for ''King's Quest: Mask of Eternity''.<br />
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==Links==<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/103/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Joppe Bos]], 1998. Updated twice in 1999.<br />
[[Category:People|Seibert, Mark]] [[Category:Interviewed|Seibert, Mark]] [[Category:Sierra|Seibert, Mark]] [[Category:Stubs|Seibert, Mark]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Steve_Meretzky&diff=13033Steve Meretzky2006-02-16T14:27:11Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Interviews */</p>
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<div>After earning a degree in construction management, '''Steve Meretzky''' promptly became involved in designing entertainment software. He was one of [[Infocom]]'s most prolific and popular authors.<br />
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==Author Credits==<br />
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* ''Planetfall'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1983; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Sorcerer'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1984; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'' (with [[Douglas Adams]], publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1985; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''A Mind Forever Voyaging'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1985; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Leather Godesses of Phobos'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1986; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Stationfall'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1987; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Zork Zero'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1988; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls'' (publisher: [[Legend Entertainment]]; 1990; MS-DOS).<br />
* ''Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer’s Appliance'' (publisher: [[Legend Entertainment]]; 1991; MS-DOS).<br />
* ''Spellcasting 301: Spring Break'' (publisher: [[Legend Entertainment]]; 1992; MS-DOS).<br />
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==Other Credits==<br />
* ''Lane Mastodon vs. the Blubbermen'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1988; MS-DOS, Commodore 64) [[CYOA]] video game.<br />
* ''Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2'' (publisher: [[Activision]]; 1992; MS-DOS) graphic adventure game.<br />
* ''Superhero League of Hoboken'' (publisher: [[Legend Entertainment]]; 1994; MS-DOS) [[CRPG]]/adventure game hybrid.<br />
* Founded [http://www.boffo.com/ Boffo Games] in February 1994 with [[Mike Dornbrook]] and [[Leo DaCosta]].<br />
* ''The Space Bar'' (with Ron Cobb, publishers: SegaSoft Inc, Boffo Games; 1997) graphic adventure game.<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [[wikipedia:Steve Meretzky]]<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/gazette/198504-hitchhiker.html Inside View: Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky]. COMPUTE!'s Gazette April 1985.<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/169/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Philip Jong]], May 2001.<br />
* [http://www.avventuretestuali.com/interviste/meretzky_eng.html From the dining room to the galaxy] - Interview by L'avventura &egrave; L'avventura, May 2001. (Also in [http://www.avventuretestuali.com/interviste/meretzky_ita.html Italian].)<br />
** [http://www.avventuretestuali.com/inventario/meretzky_filologico.html Design notes for ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'']<br />
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/stevem.shtml BBC - Radio 4 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Steve Meretzky], July 2004. Steve Meretzky talks about working with [[Douglas Adams]] on ''Hitchhiker's Guide''. Warning: The interview contains spoilers about the game.<br />
* [http://www.boffo.com/steveqa.html Q & A with Steve Meretzky] - About ''The Space Bar''.<br />
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[[Category:People|Meretzky, Steve]] [[Category:Infocom|Meretzky, Steve]] [[Category:Interviewed|Meretzky, Steve]] [[Category:Prolific authors|Meretzky, Steve]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Scott_Adams&diff=13032Scott Adams2006-02-16T14:25:48Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Interviews */</p>
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<div>Founder of [[Adventure International]].<br />
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Author of ''Adventureland'' and many other early IF games. In the United Kingdom the company Adventuresoft UK traded under [[Adventure International UK]] and republished their own games as well as the Adventure International games. The company traded from roughly 1979 to 1984 before it was shutdown.<br />
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== Games ==<br />
The first fourteen games form the Scott Adams Classic Games series<br />
(Sometimes known as 'Scott Adams Adventures of the Mind' series). On several platforms some of these games were extended to include Graphics (under the SAGA and SAGA+ names.)<br />
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# Adventureland<br />
# Pirate Adventure (aka Pirates Cove)<br />
# Mission Impossible (aka Impossible Mission, Secret Mission, Atomic Mission)<br />
# Voodoo Castle<br />
# The Count<br />
# Strange Odyssey<br />
# Mystery Fun House (aka Fun House Mystery)<br />
# Pyramid of Doom<br />
# Ghost Town<br />
# Savage Island, Part I<br />
# Savage Island, Part II<br />
# Golden Voyage<br />
# Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle<br />
# Return to Pirate's Island<br />
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These three games were released as the Questprobe Series. There was supposed to be a fourth game in the series featuring the X-Men but was stopped when they went our of business..<br />
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* Questprobe #1: The Hulk<br />
* Questprobe #2: Spiderman<br />
* The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai<br />
* X-Men (Unreleased)<br />
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Scott's last release was the sequel<br />
* Return to Pirate's Island 2<br />
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=== Samplers ===<br />
* Adventureland Demo<br />
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=== Home Formats ===<br />
The games appeared on various home machines<br />
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* Apple II<br />
* Atari 8-bit<br />
* BBC Micro<br />
* Commodore PET, C+4, C16<br />
* Commodore 64<br />
* Commodore VIC-20<br />
* PC<br />
* Spectrum<br />
* TI-99/4A<br />
* TRS-80 (I + III), (Dragon / Coco)<br />
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== Links ==<br />
* [http://www.msadams.com/ Scott Adams's homepage]<br />
* [[wikipedia:Scott Adams (game designer)]]<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://jerz.setonhill.edu/if/adams/scottspeaks.html Scott Adams Speaks at UWEC English Festival (2001)]. - A panel organized by Dennis G. Jerz. Text and audio.<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/129/ Adventure Classic Gaming interview] - by [[Francesco Cordella]], September 1998. Updated November 1999.<br />
* [http://www.avventurestestuali.com/interviste/adams_eng.html My fantasy against Infocom parser] - Interview by L'avventura &egrave; L'avventura, September 1999. (Also in [http://www.avventurestestuali.com/interviste/adams_ita.html Italian].)<br />
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[[Category:People|Adams, Scott]] [[Category:Interviewed|Adams, Scott]] [[Category:Scott Adams]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Bob_Bates&diff=13031Bob Bates2006-02-16T14:23:16Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Interviews */</p>
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<div>'''Bob Bates''' was one of [[Infocom]]'s later game designers. After [[Infocom]] was shut down by [[Activision]] he, Mike Verdu and several other Infocommies formed [[Legend Entertainment]], which specialized in text-adventure games for several years.<br />
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== Author Credits ==<br />
* ''Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1988; [[Z-code]]).<br />
* ''Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur'' (publisher: [[Infocom]]; 1989; [[Z-code]])<br />
* ''TimeQuest'' (publisher: [[Legend Entertainment]]; 1991; MS-DOS).<br />
* ''Eric the Unready'' (publisher: [[Legend Entertainment]]; 1993; MS-DOS).<br />
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== Other Credits ==<br />
* Founded [[Legend Entertainment]] with Mike Verdu.<br />
* "[http://www.scottkim.com/thinkinggames/GDC00/bates.html Designing the Puzzle]." Game Developers Conference, San Jose, California, April 1997.<br />
* ''John Saul's Blackstone Chronicles'' (publisher: [[Legend Entertainment]]; 1998) graphic adventure game.<br />
* Co-founder and organizer of the Game Designers Workshop, an annual conference of computer game designers concerned with storytelling.<br />
* ''Game Design: The Art and Business of Creating Games.'' Prima Publishing, 2001.<br />
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== Links ==<br />
* [http://www.bobbates.com Bob Bates' Home Page].<br />
===Interviews===<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/168/ Interview with Adventure Classic Gaming] - by [[Philip Jong]], February 2001.<br />
[[Category:People|Bates, Bob]] [[Category:Infocom|Bates, Bob]] [[Category:Interviewed|Bates, Bob]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Philip_Jong&diff=13030Philip Jong2006-02-16T14:21:33Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Credits */</p>
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<div>==Credits==<br />
* Has interviewed authors on behalf of the [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com Adventure Classic Gaming]. Philip has interviewed [[Bob Bates]], [[Dave Lebling]], [[Steve Meretzky]], [[Howard A. Sherman]], and [[Roberta Williams]].<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/ Adventure Classic Gaming interviews]<br />
[[Category:People|Jong, Philip]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymoushttps://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=Philip_Jong&diff=13029Philip Jong2006-02-16T14:20:45Z<p>Ifwikiuseranonymous: /* Links */</p>
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<div>==Credits==<br />
* Has interviewed authors on behalf of the [http://www.adventurecollective.com Adventure Collective]. Philip has interviewed [[Bob Bates]], [[Dave Lebling]], [[Steve Meretzky]], [[Howard A. Sherman]], and [[Roberta Williams]].<br />
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==Links==<br />
* [http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/index.php/site/interviews/ Adventure Classic Gaming interviews]<br />
[[Category:People|Jong, Philip]]</div>Ifwikiuseranonymous