Noah Falstein | |
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 Noah Falstein, 2021 | |
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Known for | Game designer & programmer Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis |
| Website | http://theinspiracy.com |
Noah Falstein (born June 1957) is a game designer and producer who has been in the video game industry since 1980, winning "Game of the Year" titles for multiple games such as Battlehawks 1942 and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis.[1] He has designed games for multiple platforms, including arcade video games, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.
He was one of the first 10 employees at Lucasfilm Games, joining them in 1984; the third employee at DreamWorks Interactive in 1995; and also one of the early employees at The 3DO Company.[1] He was the first elected chairperson of the International Game Developers Association, which he chaired from 1997 to 1998. He wrote the "Better by Design" column for Game Developer magazine from 2002–2007.
From 2013–2017 he was Chief Game Designer at Google.[2][3] As of 2021 he works for the game consulting company The Inspiracy, which he founded in 1996.
- ^ a b "Noah Falstein's blog". Gamasutra. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
- ^ Thier, Dave (May 2013). "Google Getting Serious About Gaming? It Just Hired Noah Falstein As 'Chief Game Designer'". Forbes.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (2017-04-06). "Chief game designer Noah Falstein leaves Google". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2017-04-08.