Chaim Gingold

Chaim Gingold
Chaim Gingold at the Game Developers Conference in 2010
Born	January 15, 1980(1980-01-15) Haifa, Israel
Occupation	Game designer

Chaim Gingold (born January 15, 1980 in Haifa, Israel) is noted for his work with the computer game Spore, where he designed the game's creators, including the Spore Creature Creator. Chaim was also a key member of Spore's design and prototyping team.^[1] He has jammed at the Indie Game Jam, presented at the Game Developers Conference, and is an active participant in the academic game studies community.^[2]

Gingold grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia. He attended West Virginia University, where he studied computer science, English, and art. After college, Gingold headed to the Georgia Institute of Technology where he joined the Information Design and Technology Masters program.^[2] His dissertation was entitled "Miniature Gardens & Magic Crayons: Games, Spaces, & Worlds" and was supervised by noted scholar Janet Murray.^[3] Gingold lives in Berkeley, California, USA.

References

1. ^ Davis, Galen (2007-03-10). "GDC 07: Creating Spore". Gamespot. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6167215.html. Retrieved 2007-03-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Siegel, Scott Jon (2006-11-13). "Joystiq interviews Spore's Chaim Gingold and Chris Hecker". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/13/joystiq-interviews-spores-chaim-gingold-and-chris-hecker/. Retrieved 2007-03-22. 
3. ^ Gingold, Chaim. "Miniature Gardens & Magic Crayons: Games, Spaces, & Worlds". http://www.slackworks.com/~cog/writing/thesis/. Retrieved 2007-03-22. 

External links

• Chaim Gingold's web page

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Name	Gingold, Chaim
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Date of birth	1980-01-15
Place of birth	Haifa, Israel
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