William Neal Hallford (born October 17, 1966) is an American game designer, book author, screenwriter, and independent film director. He is best known for his work on the fantasy role-playing games ''

Betrayal at Krondor ''Betrayal at Krondor'' is an MS-DOS-based role-playing video game developed by Dynamix and released by Sierra Entertainment, Sierra On-Line in the summer of 1993 in video gaming, 1993. ''Betrayal at Krondor'' takes place largely in Midkemia, the ...

'', ''

Dungeon Siege ''Dungeon Siege'' is an action role-playing game developed by Gas Powered Games and published by Microsoft in April 2002, for Microsoft Windows, and the following year by Destineer for Mac OS X. Set in the pseudo-medieval kingdom of Ehb, the hi ...

'', and ''

Champions of Norrath ''Champions of Norrath: Realms of EverQuest'' is an action role-playing video game for the PlayStation 2, set in the ''EverQuest'' universe. The game is playable with one single player or cooperative for up to four players. However, with a Networ ...

''. On October 9, 1995, Hallford was in a train wreck aboard Amtrak's ''Sunset Limited'', westbound from Miami to Los Angeles. An unknown perpetrator or perpetrators signing themselves the "Sons of the Gestapo" left four notes on the site claiming responsibility, two of which were found by Hallford. Since that time, Hallford has appeared in two television specials about the event, ''When Trains Crash: Blood on the Tracks'' and ''Derail: America's Worst Train Wrecks'', which were broadcast in the US, UK and Canada.

Works

Games

*'' Planet's Edge: The Point of No Return'' (1992) –

New World Computing New World Computing, Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher founded in 1984 by Jon Van Caneghem, his wife, Michaela Van Caneghem, and Mark Caldwell. It was best known for its work on the Might and Magic role-playing video game ...

*''

'' (1993) –

Dynamix Dynamix, Inc. was an American developer of video games from 1984 to 2001, best known for the flight simulator ''Red Baron'', the puzzle game '' The Incredible Machine'', the '' Front Page Sports'' series, ''Betrayal at Krondor,'' and the online ...

*''

Return to Krondor ''Return to Krondor'' is a role-playing video game set in Raymond Feist's fictional fantasy setting of Midkemia. A sequel to 1993's ''Betrayal at Krondor'', it was released for Microsoft Windows on the PC in time for the 1998 Thanksgiving and ...

'' (1998) – Sierra Online Inc. *

(2002) –

Gas Powered Games Wargaming Seattle, formerly known as Gas Powered Games, was a video game developer located in Redmond, Washington. The development studio was started in May 1998 by Chris Taylor and several other ex-Cavedog Entertainment employees. In 2013 they ...

Books

*'' Krondor: the Betrayal'' (1999) (co-author of original story with

Raymond E. Feist Raymond Elias Feist (; born Raymond Elias Gonzales III; December 21, 1945) is an American fantasy fiction author who wrote ''The Riftwar Cycle'', a series of novels and short stories. His books have been translated into multiple languages and ha ...

and John Cutter) *'' Swords & Circuitry: A Designer's Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games'' (2001) (with Jana Hallford) *
The Derailment of the Sunset Limited
' (2012)

Films

*
Beauty and the Beast: 20 Years of Remembering
' (2007) — an online documentary about the CBS television series, ''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' ( ...

'', produced and directed by Neal Hallford's production company, Swords & Circuitry Studios *
The Case Of Evil
' (2014) — a narrative fiction horror short film, produced and directed by Neal Hallford's production company, Swords & Circuitry Studios

Radio

"Uncharted Regions" radio dramas

*''Shadow of the Bulldog Man'' (1984) – KTOW Radio *''Calls Waiting'' (1987) – KTOW Radio *''The October Harvest'' (1989) – KTOW Radio

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallford, Neal Living people 1966 births American video game designers