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Countdown to CGE 2007 ~ July 2007 ~ 28 JUL 2007

Classic Gaming Expo Distinguished Guest:
DON DAGLOW

Don L. Daglow started writing games on college mainframe computers in 1971, and has now been involved in game development for 33 years. During the "Before Pong" era and in the mid-70's he designed and programmed the first-ever computer baseball game in 1971 (now recorded in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown), one of the two original "college computer Star Trek games" (1972), and the first mainframe computer role-playing game (Dungeon, 1976). Dungeon was also the first RPG to display maps and to calculate line of sight visual displays.

Hired by Mattel Electronics in late 1980 as one of the original five members of the in-house Intellivision Game Design Team (with Mike Minkoff, Rick Levine, John Sohl and Manager Gabriel Baum), Don created the first sim game (Intellivision Utopia, 1982) before being promoted to be Director of Intellivision game development. While at Mattel he also designed the first game ever created with TV camera angles, Intellivision World Series Baseball (1983), with programmer Eddie Dombrower.

In 1983 Don joined a small game company called Electronic Arts as a Producer, where over the next three years he produced 14 titles, including Adventure Construction Set and Racing Destruction Set (with Intellivision veterans Rick Koenig, Connie Goldman and Dave Warhol). While at EA he co-designed Computer Game Hall of Fame title Earl Weaver Baseball (1987), again teaming with Eddie Dombrower.

After serving as head of Broderbund's Entertainment and Education division, Don founded Stormfront Studios in 1988 and has served as president and CEO of the company for the last 16 years. In Stormfront's early years he designed the first original play-by-email game (Quantum Space for AOL, 1989), Tony La Russa Baseball (1991), and the first massively multiplayer online graphic adventure, Neverwinter Nights for AOL (1991-97, with programmer Cathryn Mataga), which paved the way for Ultima Online and Everquest. He co-designed the first 3D perspective Real Time Strategy Game (Stronghold, published by SSI, 1992) with Mark Buchignani, David Bunnett and Hudson Piehl.

Stormfront's most recent titles are Demon Stone (PS2, Xbox) for Atari and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (PS2, Xbox) for EA and New Line Cinema, based on the film by Peter Jackson. The company also created the NASCAR franchise for EA Sports. Don's work has earned recognition in publications ranging from Computer Gaming World to Inc., Upside, The Red Herring and the San Francisco Business Times. Electronic Games called him "one of the best-known and respected producers in the history of the field."

In 2003 Don was elected to the Board of Directors of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. That same year he received the Classic Gaming Expo Achievement Award for "groundbreaking accomplishments that shaped the Video Game Industry." He holds a BA in Creative Writing from Pomona College and a M.Ed. from Claremont Graduate University.

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