Thor Alexander

Thor Alexander is a veteran computer game producer.

Career

Thor Alexander has been working in the game industry for over a decade as a producer, designer, engineer and entrepreneur. He joined Metaplace in January of 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.igda-sandiego.org/web/2007/01/thor-alexander-joins-areae/ | title= Thor Alexander joins Areae.] Prior to that he has held the position of development director at Electronic Arts. He has contributed to titles such as "Medal of Honor", "Earth & Beyond" and "Freelancer" as well as the "Ultima Online" game series. Thor is the founder and editor of the Massively Multi-Player Game Development book series. He has also contributed to the books "AI Game Programming Wisdom" and "Game Programming Gems 3" as well as "Massively Multi-Player Game Development". [cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/457/A63 | title= Thor Alexander's Bio] [cite web|url=http://www.metaplace.com/blog/17.html | title= Metaplace Team Bios]

Credits

Video games

* "Metaplace" (2008), Areae
* "Medal of Honor: Airborne" (2007), Electronic Arts
* "" (Canceled), [cite web|url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/ultima-x-odyssey/527605p1.html | title= Ultima X: Odyssey Cancelled] Electronic Arts
* "Earth & Beyond" (2002), Electronic Arts
* "Freelancer" (2003), Microsoft
* "Ultima Online 2" (Canceled), [cite web|url=http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/12979 | title= UO2 Cancelled] Electronic Arts

Publications

* "Massively Multiplayer Game Development" by Thor Alexander — Foreword by Richard Garriott, ISBN 978-1584502432 [cite web|url=http://www.charlesriver.com/Books/AuthorDetail.aspx?ID=9095 | title= Publications by Thor Alexander]
* "Massively Multiplayer Game Development 2" by Thor Alexander — Foreword by Gordon Walton, ISBN 978-1584503903

References

External links

* [http://www.thoralexander.com Official website]
* [http://mmpgamedevelopment.blogspot.com/ Book series site]