Dave Grossman

Dave Grossman is a noted game programmer and game designer, most known for his work at Telltale Games and early work at LucasArts. He has also written several children's books.

Game industry career

At LucasArts, Grossman wrote and programmed "The Secret of Monkey Island" and "" together with Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer. He later co-designed "Day of the Tentacle".

Grossman quit LucasArts in 1994 to begin a freelance career. For Humongous Entertainment, a company co-founded by Ron Gilbert, he helped create many critically acclaimed games aimed at children, such as the "Pajama Sam" series. Later he also wrote children's games for Hulabee Entertainment and Disney.

Today he designs adventure games at Telltale Games, a company founded by LucasArts veterans. [http://www.telltalegames.com/bio?person=davegrossman]

Children's books

Lyrick Publishing published three books written by Grossman that were based on characters from Humongous Entertainment's games. They were "Freddi Fish: The Big Froople Match", "Pajama Sam: Mission to the Moon" and "Freddi Fish: The Missing Letters Mystery".

For Fisher-Price/Nickelodeon, Grossman authored two interactive books, "SpongeBob SquarePants: Sleepy Time" and "Fairly OddParents: Squawkers".

Other work

Dave Grossman is the author of "Ode to the Stuff in the Sink: A Book of Guy Poetry," which he self-published in 2002. It contains a selection of illustrated poems dedicated to different aspects of male life, including inability to dance, old stuff in the fridge, and unwillingness to clean anything.

The book is available from Dave Grossman's personal website, [http://www.phrenopolis.com Phrenopolis.com] . Many of the poems were first published in his [http://www.phrenopolis.com/poem/index.html Poem of the Week] electronic mailinglist.

Grossman co-designed a successful robot toy for Fisher-Price.

Games worked on

*"The Secret of Monkey Island" (1990), JVC, LucasArts
*"" (1991), LucasArts
*"Day of the Tentacle" (1993), LucasArts
*"" (1996), Humongous Entertainment
*"" (1998), Humongous Entertainment
*"" (1999), Humongous Entertainment
*"" (2000), Humongous Entertainment
*"" (2001), Hulabee/Plaid Banana
*"Ollo in The Sunny Valley Fair" (2002), Hulabee/Plaid Banana
*"Piglet's Big Game" (2003), Disney
*"Bone" (episodic), Telltale Games
*"Sam & Max Season One" (episodic, "Season One" 2006–2007), Telltale Games
*"Sam & Max Season Two" (episodic, "Season Two" 2007–2008), Telltale Games
*"Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" (episodic, 2008), Telltale Games

Grossman also made contributions to "Total Annihilation" and "Insecticide", and was a script editor on "Voodoo Vince".

External links

* [http://www.phrenopolis.com/ Phrenopolis.com, Dave Grossman's website]
* [http://www.telltalegames.com/blogs/telltale/ Telltale company blog co-written by Dave Grossman]
* [http://dig.mixnmojo.com/museum/interview_grossman.html Interview at The Dig Museum]
* [http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,211 Interview at AdventureGamers.com]
* [http://www.laisladelmono.com.ar/cms/?q=node/61 Dave Grossman - La Isla del Mono] (Spanish)
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