Tim Anderson (programmer)
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Tim Anderson | |
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| Born | February 1954 |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BSc, 1975; MS, 1977) |
| Occupation(s) | Video game designer, computer programmer |
| Known for | Zork, co-founder of Infocom |
Tim Anderson is an American computer programmer best known for co-creating the adventure game Zork,[1] one of the first works of interactive fiction and an early descendant of ADVENT (also known as Colossal Cave Adventure).[2] Zork was originally developed from 1977 to 1979 in the MDL programming language on a DEC PDP-10 computer by Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling.[3] All four were members of the Dynamic Modeling Group at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science.[4] After the success of Zork, Anderson and the other members of the team would go on to found Infocom.[5]
Personal life
Anderson obtained his bachelors degree from MIT in 1975, and his masters in 1977, both in Computer science.[6] Since 1996 Anderson has lived in Sudbury, Massachusetts, running in two elections for trustee of the Goodnow Library in 2022 and 2023, however he was not elected either time.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ Woyke, Elizabeth (August 22, 2017). "The Enduring Legacy of Zork". MIT Technology Review.
- ^ "GDC 2014 - Zork Post-Mortem". Adventure Gamers. May 2, 2014.
- ^ Lammle, Rob (June 15, 2014). "A Brief History of Zork".
- ^ Anderson, Tim; Galley, Stu. "The History of Zork". Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ Nooney, Laine (Fall 2017). "Let's Begin Again". American Journal of Play. 10.
- ^ Marcott, Amy (July 15, 2009). "Five MIT-Developed Video Games that Revolutionized the Industry". Slice of MIT.
- ^ McNamara, Neal (March 22, 2023). "Sudbury 2023 Candidate Profile: Timothy Anderson, Goodnow Board". Sudbury Patch.
- ^ Razzaq, Zane (March 10, 2022). "Friends again? Four vie for two seats on Sudbury Board of Library Trustees". MetroWest Daily News.
- ^ "Elections Archive". Sudbury Massachusetts.
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