Michael J. Stemmle (born 1967) is a computer game writer, designer, and

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who cocreated some of LucasArts'

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s in the 1990s and early 2000s. He joined LucasArts after graduating from

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, where he honed his comedy skills writing halftime shows for the

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and skits for the annual stage musical ''Big Game Gaieties''. After 14 years at LucasArts, he left following the 2004 collapse of '' Sam & Max Freelance Police'' and after a period of freelancing, joined

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, working as Story Lead for

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. In February 2008, he joined a number of other ex-LucasArts employees at

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. He had worked on the first version of

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before it was redesigned, and contributed to

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before he left Telltale Games in May 2014.

Game credits

*1990 ''

The Secret of Monkey Island ''The Secret of Monkey Island'' is a 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It takes place in a fictional version of the Caribbean during the age of piracy. The player assumes the role of Guybr ...

'' designer, 256 colors version *1992 ''

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis ''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'' is a point-and-click adventure game developed and published by LucasArts and originally released on June 1, 1992 for Amiga, DOS and Macintosh. Almost a year later, it was reissued on CD-ROM as an enhance ...

'' lead scripter, assistant designer, programmer *1993 ''

Sam & Max Hit the Road ''Sam & Max Hit the Road'' is a graphic adventure video game released by LucasArts during the company's LucasArts adventure games, adventure games era. The game was originally released for MS-DOS in 1993 and for Mac OS in 1995. A 2002 re-release ...

'' co-director, co-designer *1996 ''

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'' director, designer *2000 ''

Escape from Monkey Island ''Escape from Monkey Island'' is an adventure game developed and released by LucasArts in 2000. It is the fourth game in the ''Monkey Island'' series, and the sequel to the 1997 videogame ''The Curse of Monkey Island''. It is the first game in ...

'' co-director, co-designer *2002 '' Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast'' script writer *2004 '' Sam & Max Freelance Police'' (unreleased), director, designer *2005 '' Star Wars: Battlefront II'' script writer *2007 ''

(unreleased)'' story lead *2008 '' Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' designer, script writer *2009 ''

Tales of Monkey Island ''Tales of Monkey Island'' is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games under license from LucasArts. It is the fifth game in the ''Monkey Island'' series, released nearly a decade after the previous installment, ''Escape fr ...

'' designer, script writer *2010 '' Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse'' designer, script writer *2011 '' Back to the Future: The Game'' designer, script writer *2013 ''

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'' script writer, programmer *2014 ''

(first version before redesign)'' designer, script writer *2014 ''

'' designer *2021 '' Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual'' designer, script writer

References

External links

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Star Trek Online Podcast interviewing Mike Stemmle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stemmle, Michael 1967 births Living people Lucasfilm people Place of birth missing (living people) Stanford University alumni Video game designers Video game directors Video game writers