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30 Great Gaming Geeks

#24
Warren Spector

Warren Spector

Design Credits

#15
33

Geekiness Index

#27
5

Web Buzz

#14
641,000

Blog Buzz

#14
64,100

Twitter Followers

#12
27

There is exactly one designer in the history of gaming whose works are significant and diverse enough for his ludography to be used as a litmus test. Want to know if someone is a Real Gamer? Ask them if they've played something in Warren Spector's oeuvre. Let's see: there's the Ultima Underworld and System Shock series, which popularized the melding of an FPS graphical interface with RPG elements. And Thief, which more or less defined "stealth gameplay" as we know it. Or Deus Ex. Or Wing Commander: Privateer. Bonus: He was Steve Jackson's chief editor during the formative years of GURPS! Bonus x2: He co-designed Toon with Greg Costikyan! Bonus x3: Cabal, much? -AC

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