Bill Kunkel (gaming)

Bill Kunkel was the executive editor of "Electronic Games Magazine" in the early 1980s. As of the January 2007 issue, Bill is editor-in-chief of "Tips & Tricks" magazine. Kunkel, also known as "The Game Doctor" based on a column he has written for a score of magazines (including both versions of Electronic Games, VG&CE, EGM and CGW) and game sites (including HappyPuppy.com, PostalNation.net and J2Games.com).

Kunkel has been a game journalist, author of numerous strategy guides, a game designer, expert witness and taught several courses in Game Design for the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV). He remains active in the industry, having served as editor-in-chief of Tips & Tricks during its final year of publication (2007). He continues as a member of Running With Scissors and EIC of Postal Nation (PostalNation.net) and now writes regularly for J2Games.com. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Classic Gaming Expo in 1999 along with the other co-founders of the original Electronic Games magazine, Arnie Katz and Joyce Worley-Katz. The trio revived the EG title for several years in the early 90s for Sendai/Decker. As Subway Software, the trio were involved as designers on well over a dozen video and computer games, including Bart's Nightmare (Acclaim) and Batman Returns (Konami).

Dubbed "The Grandfather of video game journalism" Kunkel has published his memoirs under the title "Confessions of The Game Doctor" (RolentaPress.com).

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[http://www.classicgaming.com/miner2049er/BillKunkel.html An interview with Bill Kunkel]