Mike McShaffry is a

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and

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. He is known as the director of '' Ultima VIII: Pagan''. He graduated from the

University of Houston The University of Houston (; ) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College, a coeducational institution and one of multiple junior colleges formed in ...

and began his

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career working for

Origin Systems Origin Systems, Inc. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. It was founded on March 3, 1983, by Richard Garriott and his brother Robert. Origin is best known for their groundbreaking work in multiple genres of video games ...

in 1990. He worked on titles such as '' Martian Dreams'', '' Ultima VII: The Black Gate'', '' Ultima VIII: Pagan'', '' Ultima IX: Ascension'' and ''

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 syste ...

''. In 1997 he formed his own company

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. He has since worked at Glass Eye Entertainment, producing ''Microsoft Casino''.

Bibliography

* ''Game Coding Complete'', (2009)

References

External links

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