Steve Jackson (UK game designer)
- Steve Jackson (UK game designer)
Steve Jackson (born 1951 in Manchester, England) is a game designer, writer and game reviewer.
History
In early 1975, Steve Jackson co-founded the company Games Workshop with John Peake and Ian Livingstone. [cite journal | last = Livingstone | first = Ian | authorlink = Ian Livingstone | title = Editorial | journal =Owl and Weasel | issue = 3 | pages = 2 | publisher = Games Workshop | date = April 1975 | url = | doi = | id = | accessdate = ]
In 1980, he created the line of the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks published by Puffin Books (a subsidiary label of Penguin Books) with Livingstone.
Jackson now works at Lionhead Studios, which he founded with Peter Molyneux. He is also an honorary lecturer at Brunel University in London, teaching the Digital Games Theory and Design MA.
He is often mistaken for Steve Jackson, an American role-playing game designer. [cite web |url=http://www.sjgames.com/general/faq.html#6 |title=Frequently Asked Questions |accessdate=2007-09-14 |author= |date=2007-03-29 |work= |publisher=Steve Jackson Games] The US Jackson also wrote three books in the Fighting Fantasy series, which only adds to the confusion. [cite web |url=http://www.io.com/~sj/sjbio.html |title=Steve Jackson - Biography and Public Warning |accessdate=2007-09-14 |author= |date=1998-11-30 |work= |publisher=Steve Jackson]
Credits
*"" (2007), Codemasters[cite web |url=http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,20543/ |title=Steve Jackson Developer BIO |accessdate=2007-09-14 |author=|date= |work= |publisher=MobyGames] ]
*"The Movies (Premiere Edition)" (2005), Activision
*"The Movies" (2005), Activision
*"LMA Professional Manager 2005" (2004), Codemasters
*"LMA Manager 2003" (2002), Codemasters
*"Close Combat: Invasion - Normandy" (2000), Strategic Simulations, Inc.
*"Circle of Blood" (1996), Virgin Interactive
*"Lost Eden" (1995), Virgin Interactive
*"Stonekeep" (1995), Interplay Entertainment
*"The Citadel of Chaos" (1984), Puffin Books
*"The Warlock of Firetop Mountain" (1982), Puffin Books References
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