- Eric Zimmerman
Eric Zimmerman (born
1969 ) is agame designer and the co-founder andCEO ofGamelab , a computer game development company, which is known for the game "Diner Dash ". Each year Zimmerman hosts theGame Design Challenge at theGame Developers Conference . He is also the co-author of 4 books including "Rules of Play " withKatie Salen , which was published inNovember 2004 . [http://www.ericzimmerman.com/writings.html]He has taught at universities including
MIT , theUniversity of Texas at Austin ,Parsons School of Design ,New York University ,Rhode Island School of Design andSchool of Visual Arts .Zimmerman is a director of the RE:PLAY series of events and activities on gaming that included an exhibition, conference and accompanying book.
The first online game he helped create was a collaboration with Word.com called "
SiSSYFiGHT 2000 ".External links
* [http://www.ericzimmerman.com/ Eric Zimmerman's site]
* [http://www.gamelab.com/ Gamelab site]
* [http://www.gamezombie.tv/?page_id=72 Video Interview of Eric Zimmerman at GameZombie.tv]
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