Jessica Mulligan

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Jessica Mulligan is a game designer and writer who has made a significant impact on the development of online games . In industry circles, she is one of the most important pioneers for the acceptance of virtual worlds .

Career

Jessica Mulligan has been in the game industry since 1984 when she was a beta tester for Spectrum HoloByte , Epyx, and other companies. From 1985 to 1986 she worked in return for free access to the online service GEnie by General Electric as a volunteer File Librarian of the Apple II Round Table within the network. After her first experiences with the online game Stellar Warrior , which was available there and which led to her online account being deactivated several times due to excessive gaming, she developed the first play-by-mail space strategy game The Rim Worlds War , which is available exclusively via chat and e- Mail was played and was the first game of its kind on an online commercial service. In 1987 she got a job at Quantum Computer Services (later AOL ), where she initiated the development of an online adaptation of the role-playing game Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in 1988 . The game finally came out in 1991 under the title Neverwinter Nights .

In 1989 Mulligan Games became Product Manager at GEnie. In the early days of the Internet, she was one of the main people responsible for the acceptance of virtual worlds in online services such as AOL and GEnie, and thus brought about text-based online role-playing games such as MUDs , which laid the foundation for further development in this area laid.

Collaboration (selection)

bibliography

  • with Lawrence T. Russell: Joint Strike Fighter: The Official Strategy Guide . Prima Publishing, 1998.
  • with Bridgette Patrovsky: Developing Online Games. To Insiders Guide . New Riders Games, 2003, ISBN 1-59273-000-0

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  1. ↑ Keith Stuart: The five most important people in the virtual world ( English ) In: The Guardian . Guardian News & Media Ltd .. July 17, 2007. Archived from the original on August 22, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  2. ↑ Jon "BuckGB" Birnbaum: Stormfront Studios Interview ( English ) In: Gamebanshee . UGO entertainment. April 16, 2005. Retrieved February 28, 2011: “ AOL producers Scott Gries and Jessica Mulligan (a prominent online gaming pioneer) also got involved as the project progressed. "
  3. ↑ Richard "Jonric" Aihoshi: Jessica Mulligan Interview ( English ) In: RPGVault . IGN . November 22, 2000. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011. Retrieved on September 21, 2011.
  4. ↑ Jessica Mulligan: History of Online Games ( English ) In: Imaginary Realities . February 2000. Archived from the original on December 22, 2001. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  5. ↑ Jessica Mulligan: History of Online Games II ( English ) In: Imaginary Realities . March 2000. Archived from the original on January 30, 2003. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  6. ↑ Manfred Duy: Genre Special Part 4: Online Games . In: Seven Games . ProSieben . June 20, 2006. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved on September 21, 2011.
  7. ↑ Bartle's 5 most important folks in virtual worlds
  8. ↑ Stephan Lindner: Question and Answer Jessica Mulligan (en) ( English ) In: Rebell.at . December 29, 2005. Retrieved September 28, 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Mulligan, Jessica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American computer game designer, author
DATE OF BIRTH before 1986