Category Archive: People

Allen Adham

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Ayman ‘Allen’ Adham is an American businessman, who along with Michael Morhaime and Frank Pearce, was one of three co-founders of Silicon & Synapse, which changed its name to Blizzard Entertainment. He led the creation of The Lost Vikings, RPM …

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Michael Morhaime

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Mike Morhaime is the president and a co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, a video game developer located in Irvine, California and currently owned by Activision Blizzard. He is also an alumnus of Triangle Fraternity and received his bachelor’s degree in 1990 …

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Frank Pearce Jr.

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Frank Pearce was Co-founder of Silicon & Synapse (later named Blizzard) in 1991 with Allen Adham and Michael Morhaime. As Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.’s executive vice president of product development, Frank Pearce plays a critical role in the development of all …

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Richard Garriott

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Richard Allen Garriott (born July 4, 1961), also known as Lord British in Ultima and General British in Tabula Rasa, is a significant figure in the video game industry. He was originally a game designer and programmer, but now engages …

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Will Wright – Game Designer

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William Wright (born January 20, 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American computer game designer and co-founder of the game development company Maxis, now part of Electronic Arts. The first computer game Wright designed was Raid on Bungeling Bay in …

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Sid Meier

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Sidney K. Meier (born February 24, 1954, in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada) is an American programmer and designer of several popular computer strategy games. Meier has won accolades for his contributions to the computer games industry. Meier is a Director of …

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