Stephen Clarke-Willson

Dr. Stephen Clarke-Willson, PhD. is a video game and software expert from the Seattle, Washington area.

After he received a PhD in Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of California Irvine in 1986, he worked at Northrop Corporation, where he worked on mission planning displays for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber.

In 1990, he became a producer at Virgin Interactive, eventually becoming Vice-President of Worldwide Product Development. He helped produce titles for the SNES and the Sega Genesis like "Disney's Aladdin", "Global Gladiators", "Cool Spot", and "Disney’s Jungle Book"; also "The Seventh Guest" for DOS. (He was also the producer of one of the most ridiculed games of all time, "Color a Dinosaur".)

He published a paper, "Applying Game Design to Virtual Environments", at SIGGRAPH. [ [http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19980101/virtual_environments_01.htm "Applying Game Design to Virtual Environments"] from "Gamasutra"]

After leaving in 1994, he was a consultant at Above the Garage Productions. In 1999, he was a programmer at Cavedog Entertainment, where he worked on "Total Annihilation". [moby developer|id=98600|name=subst:PAGENAME's profile]

After programming the DirectSong music store, Dr. Clarke-Willson now works at ArenaNet as a server programmer for "Guild Wars".

Trivia

Dr. Clarke-Willson arranged and performed "The Bare Necessities Rag" title music for "Disney’s Jungle Book" on Genesis and SNES.Fact|date=July 2008

He composed the Adrenium Studio theme which was arranged by Larry Kenton and performed by the musicians of the City of Prague Philharmonic and first heard in the video game "".

References

External links

* [http://www.sega-16.com/Interview-%20Dr%20Stephen%20Clarke-Willson.php Interview] from Sega-16.com