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Gordon Walton
(Conrad) Gordon Walton, Jr. (born 1956) is an American video game developer and executive producer who has worked with many North American online game companies, from Maxis to Electronic Arts to Sony Online to BioWare. Since 1977 he has personally developed over thirty games, and overseen development of hundreds more, working as a producer, vice-president or executive producer. He is currently Executive Producer of the Kickstarter-backed MMORPG Crowfall. Biography Walton was born on March 2, 1956, in Houston, Texas, to Conrad G. Walton, Sr., an architect, and Rilda Akin, an artist. Roberta Agnes (Robin) Hensley and Evelyn Coleman (Eve) Lowey are his siblings. He attended Spring Woods High School in Houston, and then enlisted in the U.S. Army from 1974 to 1977, attaining the rank of Sergeant. He was stationed at Fort Ord, Fort Gordon, Fort Hood, Fort Chaffee, and Kaiserslautern, Germany. In 1977 he left the army to enroll at Texas A&M University, and continued serving in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Chaffee
Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, also known as Fort Chaffee, is an Arkansas Army National Guard Military base, installation located in western Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Fort Smith. Established as Camp Chaffee in 1941, renamed to Fort Chaffee in 1956, it has served as a United States Army, U.S. Army base, training camp, prisoner-of-war camp, and refugee camp. The fort was realigned following the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission round. Since that time, the Arkansas National Guard has been using as a training facility. The State of Arkansas received , about half of which have been redeveloped as of 2014. The main environmental concern has been asbestos, released during various fires. Location Fort Chaffee is just outside Fort Smith, Arkansas, Fort Smith (Sebastian County) and Barling, Arkansas, Barling (Sebastian County) on Arkansas Highway 22, southeast of Fort Smith Regional Airport. The Arkansas River flows eastward along i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultima Online
''Ultima Online'' (''UO'') is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released on September 24, 1997 by Origin Systems. Set in the '' Ultima'' universe, it is known for its extensive player versus player combat system. Since its release, it has added eight expansion packs, a booster pack, and dozens of free content updates. The release of '' Kingdom Reborn'' in 2007 brought a new game engine with upgraded visuals. In preparation for the launch of the '' Stygian Abyss'' expansion, support for the existing client was discontinued to optimize the patching procedure. As a replacement, a revised rendition of the ''Kingdom Reborn'' client emerged, rebranded as the "Enhanced Client." This revamped version was unveiled as an open beta in July 2009, coinciding with the release of ''Stygian Abyss''. The "Enhanced Client" is a blend of some of the 3D models and UI from ''Kingdom Reborn'' and the 2D art used in the Classic Client. The Enhanced Client and the Clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesmai
Kesmai was a pioneering game developer and online game publisher, founded in 1981 by Kelton Flinn and John Taylor. The company was best known for the combat flight sim '' Air Warrior'' on the GEnie online service, one of the first graphical MMOGs, launched in 1987. They also developed an ASCII-based MUD, '' Island of Kesmai'', and empire building game, '' MegaWars III'', which ran on CompuServe, and later, GEnie. The company was acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in 1994. The company continued to develop massively multiplayer games such as ''Air Warrior 2'' and ''Legends of Kesmai''. They distributed their games through AOL and eventually a new gaming service formed with three other publishers, GameStorm. AOL purchased CompuServe in 1997 and retooled its AOL Games Channel in a way that placed Kesmai unfavorably compared to its own games division, WorldPlay. Kesmai sued AOL for monopolistic practices. The suit was settled out of court with undisclosed terms. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiplayer Battletech
''Multiplayer BattleTech: Solaris'' is a version of the multiplayer ''BattleTech'' computer game which was available on AOL, and on Kesmai's (later named GameStorm) game service between 1996 and 2001. At its height on the AOL server, thousands of players competed simultaneously in arenas of two to eight participants, battling in team games or free-for-alls. After AOL initiated its hourly pay-for-play system, the majority of players moved to the GameStorm service, which operated for a number of years until its purchase by Electronic Arts. During its run, the game's player-driven community grouped themselves into armies representing the various Successor States, or independent stables, or mercenary units. Though the in-game software did not support official groups, the player-driven units became close-knit communities, even after the games cancellation in 2001. The game was a follow-up to '' Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA''; it was in turn succeeded by '' Multiplayer BattleTech 3025' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Warrior (video Game)
''Air Warrior'' is a discontinued multiplayer online combat flight simulation game launched by Kesmai in 1987. It was hosted on GEnie and used that service as a server for client software running on a variety of personal computers. It underwent continual improvement through its decade-long lifetime with Kesmai, appearing on new platforms and host services. Electronic Arts purchased Air Warrior in 1999, and became provider of the game, but it was discontinued in 2001. Sequels '' Air Warrior II'' and '' Air Warrior III'' were both released in 1997 and published by Interactive Magic. ''Air Warrior'' was one of the first massive online games, hosting hundreds of users during busy periods. It inspired '' WarBirds'', which in turn inspired ''Aces High'', while other members of the ''Warbirds'' team went on to produce '' World War II Online''. Today there are a number of similar games, like '' WarThunder'', most of them based on a freemium model. History Introduced in 1988 by Kes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konami
, commonly known as Konami, , is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. The company also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, ''tokusatsu'', pachinko machines, slot machines, and List of Japanese arcade cabinets, arcade cabinets. It has casinos around the world, and operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan. The company originated in 1969 as a jukebox rental and repair business in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa Kōzuki, who remains the company's chairman. Additionally, Konami owns Bemani, known for ''Dance Dance Revolution'' and ''Beatmania'', as well as the assets of former game developer Hudson Soft, known for ''Bomberman'', ''Adventure Island (video game), Adventure Island'', ''Bonk (series), Bonk'', ''Bloody Roar'', and ''Star Soldier''. Konami is the twentieth-largest Lists of video game companies, game company in the world by re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three-Sixty Pacific
Three-Sixty Pacific was an American video game publisher and developer. Founded in the late 1980s by avid wargamers and military history enthusiasts, they were acquired by IntraCorp Entertainment Inc. in 1994. Games They have developed the most popular naval game ever (according to MobyGames) called ''Harpoon'' (1989) (a game based on Larry Bond's tabletop wargame that was inducted into Computer Gaming 150 Best Games of All Time and is still regarded today as the best naval simulation ever produced), Harpoon 2 (1992), and Harpoon 3. They also made the popular Theatre of War (1992), which is considered one of the first multiplayer RTS games of all time. They developed a World War II naval strategy game called '' Victory_at_Sea_(game)'' (1993) which was a Mac (only?) computer game. They published the game ''Dark Castle'' in 1987 and ''Armor Alle''y in 1990, both for the Macintosh computer. Other games published: '' Thud Ridge: American Aces In 'Nam'' (1987/88), ''Das Boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Gilman (programmer)
Donald Eugene Gilman (April 20, 1934 – July 18, 2005)Donald Eugene Gilman , ''Arizona Republic'' (July 21, 2005), p. B8. was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the from 1980 to 1984. Gilman served in the and was a reservist. While serving as mayor of |
Commodore PET
The Commodore PET is a line of personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. A single all-in-one case combines a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, Commodore BASIC in read-only memory, keyboard, monochrome monitor, and, in early models, a cassette deck. Development of the system began in 1976, and it was demonstrated and sold as the first personal computer for the masses at the January 1977 Consumer Electronics Show. The name "PET" was suggested by Andre Souson after he saw the Pet Rock in Los Gatos, and stated they were going to make the "pet computer". It was backronymed to Personal Electronic Transactor. In a 1995 retrospective, ''Byte'' magazine—and subsequently many others—referred to the PET, Apple II and TRS-80 collectively as the "1977 trinity" of pioneering personal computers. Following the initial PET 2001, the design was updated through a series of models with more memory, better keyboard, larger screen, and other modifications. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PLATO System
PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), also known as Project Plato and Project PLATO, was the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system. Starting in 1960, it ran on the University of Illinois's ILLIAC I computer. By the late 1970s, it supported several thousand graphics terminals distributed worldwide, running on nearly a dozen different networked mainframe computers. Many modern concepts in multi-user computing were first developed on PLATO, including forums, message boards, online testing, email, chat rooms, picture languages, instant messaging, remote screen sharing, and multiplayer video games. PLATO was designed and built by the University of Illinois and functioned for four decades, offering coursework (elementary through university) to UIUC students, local schools, prison inmates, and other universities. Courses were taught in a range of subjects, including Latin, chemistry, education, music, Esperanto, and primary mathematics. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army Reserve
The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a Military reserve force, reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces. History Origins On 23 April 1908 Congress created the Medical Reserve Corps, the official predecessor of the Army Reserve. After World War I, under the National Defense Act of 1920, Congress reorganized the U.S. land forces by authorizing a Regular Army (United States), Regular Army, a National Guard and an Organized Reserve (Officers Reserve Corps and Enlisted Reserve Corps) of unrestricted size, which later became the Army Reserve. This organization provided a peacetime pool of trained Reserve officers and enlisted men for use in war. The Organized Reserve included the Officers Reserve Corps, Enlisted Reserve Corps and Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Interwar period and World War II The Organized Reserve infantry di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
