Ryan C. Gordon | |
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 Ryan C. Gordon giving a talk at the SouthEast LinuxFest on June 13, 2009. | |
| Other names | icculus |
| Employer | Loki Software (formerly) |
| Spouse | Carrie (2010-present) |
| Children | Olive Finch Gordon |
| Website | Official website |
Ryan C. Gordon (also known as icculus) is a computer programmer and former Loki Software employee responsible for icculus.org, which hosts many Loki Software projects as well as others. Gordon's site hosts projects with the code from such commercial games as Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Quake III Arena and other free and open source projects for multiple platforms.
Gordon created ports of proprietary software products to the Linux and Mac OS X platforms. These include being hired to port most of the Unreal Tournament series, some of the Serious Sam series, the official Postal series, some Tripwire Interactive and Coffee Stain Studios titles, and Prey (2006), Second Life. He has also been involved in porting several non-gaming products such as Google Earth. Some, such as Candy Cruncher and Postal 2, have been published by Linux Game Publishing. He was described alongside Edward Rudd as being "instrumental" in ensuring the multi-platform nature of the Humble Indie Bundle initiatives.[1]
- ^ Kuchera, Ben (14 December 2011). "The latest Humble Bundle offers amazing games, promotes multiplatform releases". ars technica. Retrieved February 18, 2012.