Chris Crawford

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Chris Crawford earned a Master of Science degree in Physics from the University of Missouri in 1975. He has published fifteen computer games and five books. He created the first periodical on game design, the Journal of Computer Game Design, in 1987. He founded and served as Chairman of the Computer Game Developers’ Conference, now known as the Game Developers’ Conference. Crawford has given hundreds of lectures at conferences and universities around the world, and published dozens of magazine articles and academic papers. He served as computer system designer and observer for the 1999 and 2002 NASA Leonid MAC airborne missions. His current work concerns interactive storytelling technology.

Selected publications:

  • The Art of Computer Game Design (1984)
  • Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling (2012)

    • All Sessions by Chris Crawford

    • 1. Game Development Summit

      July 7

    • 17:30  - 18:00
      Why do people like to play? The human predilection for play is no accident. Play is fundamental to the way that we learn. To help you understand why this is so, I shall explain the evolutionary processes that led to human play. Play and learning are essentially the same process.
      Where
      Online




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