Brian Moriarty, the Glossary
Brian Moriarty (born 1956) is an American video game developer who authored three of the original Infocom interactive fiction titles, Wishbringer (1985), Trinity (1986), and Beyond Zork (1987), as well as Loom (1990) for LucasArts.[1]
Table of Contents
29 relations: ANALOG Computing, Beyond Zork, Computer Gaming World, DECSYSTEM-20, Easter egg (media), Future US, Game Developers Conference, Infocom, Interactive fiction, Jonathan Blow, Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine, Loom (video game), Lucasfilm Games, MPlayer.com, Next Generation (magazine), Noah Falstein, Professor, Quantum (video game), Rocket Science Games, Steven Spielberg, The Dig (video game), The Witness (2016 video game), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Trinity (video game), Video game design, Video game developer, Wired (magazine), Wishbringer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
- Infocom
- Interactive fiction writers
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute faculty
ANALOG Computing
ANALOG Computing was an American computer magazine devoted to Atari 8-bit computers.
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Beyond Zork
Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendoris an interactive fiction video game written by Brian Moriarty and released by Infocom in 1987.
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Computer Gaming World
Computer Gaming World (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006.
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DECSYSTEM-20
The DECSYSTEM-20 was a family of 36-bit Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10 mainframe computers running the TOPS-20 operating system and was introduced in 1977.
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An Easter egg is a message, image, or feature hidden in software, a video game, a film, or another — usually electronic — medium.
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Future US
Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, music, and technology markets.
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Game Developers Conference
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is an annual conference for video game developers.
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Infocom
Infocom was an American software company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of interactive fiction.
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Interactive fiction
Interactive fiction (IF) is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment.
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Jonathan Blow
Jonathan Blow (born 1971) is an American video game designer and programmer. Brian Moriarty and Jonathan Blow are American video game designers and American video game programmers.
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Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine
Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine is a video game developed and published by Rocket Science Games for the Sega CD in 1994 and MS-DOS compatible operating systems in 1995.
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Loom (video game)
Loom is a 1990 fantasy-themed graphic adventure game by Lucasfilm Games.
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Lucasfilm Games
Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game licensor and a subsidiary of Lucasfilm.
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MPlayer.com
Mplayer, referred to as Mplayer.com by 1998, was a free online PC gaming service and community that operated from late 1996 until early 2001.
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Next Generation (magazine)
Next Generation was a US video game magazine that was published by Imagine Media (now Future US).
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Noah Falstein
Noah Falstein (born June 1957) is a game designer and producer who has been in the video game industry since 1980, winning "Game of the Year" titles for multiple games such as Battlehawks 1942 and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Brian Moriarty and Noah Falstein are American video game designers and Lucasfilm people.
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Professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.
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Quantum (video game)
Quantum is a color vector arcade video game developed at General Computer Corporation for Atari, Inc. and released in November 1982.
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Rocket Science Games
Rocket Science Games was a video game developer and publisher that created games for consoles and personal computers from 1993 to 1997.
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.
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The Dig (video game)
The Dig is a 1995 point-and-click adventure game developed by LucasArts for PC and Macintosh.
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The Witness (2016 video game)
The Witness is a 2016 puzzle video game developed and published by Thekla, Inc.
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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (sometimes referred to as Young Indy) is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993.
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Trinity (video game)
Trinity is an interactive fiction video game written by Brian Moriarty and published in 1986 by Infocom.
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Video game design
Video game design is the process of designing the rules and content of video games in the pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment, storyline and characters in the production stage.
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Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games.
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Wired (magazine)
Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.
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Wishbringer
Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams is an interactive fiction video game written by Brian Moriarty and published by Infocom in 1985.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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See also
Infocom
- Al Vezza
- Amy Briggs
- Bob Bates
- Brian Moriarty
- Cornerstone (software)
- Dave Lebling
- Douglas Adams
- Get Lamp
- Infocom
- InvisiClues
- Joe Ybarra
- Legend Entertainment
- Marc Blank
- Michael Berlyn
- Steve Meretzky
- Tim Anderson (programmer)
- Z-machine
- Zork books
Interactive fiction writers
- Adam Cadre
- Amy Briggs
- Andrew Plotkin
- Bob Bates
- Brian Howarth
- Brian Moriarty
- Christine Love (writer)
- Dave Lebling
- Deena Larsen
- Don Woods (programmer)
- Donald Brown (programmer)
- Douglas Adams
- Emily Short
- Eric Eve
- Fergus McNeill
- Graham Cluley
- Graham Nelson
- Jim Aikin
- Jon Ingold
- Jun Maeda
- Marc Blank
- Michael Berlyn
- Mike Verdu
- Naoki Hisaya
- Natalia Theodoridou
- Neil deMause
- Nick Montfort
- Peter Allen Golden
- Peter Killworth
- Porpentine (game designer)
- Sam Barlow (game designer)
- Scott Adams (game designer)
- Steve Meretzky
- Tim Pollard
- William Crowther (programmer)
- Yoon Ha Lee
- Zoë Quinn
Worcester Polytechnic Institute faculty
- Albert Sacco
- Benjamin Lev
- Brian Moriarty
- Brigitte Servatius
- Bruce E. Bursten
- Candace Sidner
- Charles Metcalf Allen
- David A. Lucht
- David S. Adams (biologist)
- Edmund Cranch
- Emily M. Douglas
- Farrington Daniels
- Frederick Bianchi
- George I. Alden
- Helen Guillette Vassallo
- Ira Nelson Hollis
- Irina Mitrea
- J. Howard Redfield
- Jamal Yagoobi
- Jeanne W. Ross
- Jennifer Wilcox
- John Day (computer scientist)
- John F. Carney
- John Johnstone (athlete)
- Karl Meissner
- Kate McIntyre
- Kaveh Pahlavan
- Levi L. Conant
- Lewis Porter
- Michael Demetriou
- Michael Sokal
- Mimi Sheller
- Morton Masius
- Neil Heffernan
- Reeta Rao
- Richard H. Gallagher
- Robert L. Norton
- Robert S. Swarz
- Roger S. Gottlieb
- Susan Landau
- Suzanne Scarlata
- Thaleia Zariphopoulou
- Thomas Kilgore Sherwood
- Wenjing Lou
- William Macdonald (historian)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Moriarty
Also known as Moriarty, Brian.