Paul Neurath is a video game designer and

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. He founded both Blue Sky Productions (later renamed

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) and Floodgate Entertainment. He was the creative director of

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Boston. In 2014 he founded OtherSide Entertainment, that developed ''

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'', the third game in the ''Underworld'' series. Neurath had a game credited to him as early as 1986, the computer adaptation of the

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board game ''Ogre''. As Creative Director at Looking Glass Studios, he oversaw such acclaimed gaming titles as ''

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'', '' Terra Nova'' and '' Flight Unlimited'', as well as '' Ultima Underworld'' and its

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Games credited

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