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Warren : I think Doug Church was the one who came up with , isn't he? He's the first person I ever heard use it.
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claims, in fact, that Church was the one who originally coined the term "immersive simulation".
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as technical director, lending programming and design expertise on a number of games from
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announced that Church had been hired as a creative consultant for the development of
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a notable early effort to develop a common language of game design methodology.
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announced that Church had been hired for an undisclosed position and project.
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office, as team leader on a project supervised by filmmaker
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American video game designer and producer (born 1968)
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Indie Game Jam
Evanston, Illinois
Game designer
producer
Valve
Evanston, Illinois
video game designer
MIT
Looking Glass Studios
MS-DOS
immersive sim
Ultima Underworld
Ultima Underworld II
System Shock
Thief
Warren Spector
Eidos Interactive
Ion Storm
Crystal Dynamics
Tomb Raider: Legend
Electronic Arts
International Game Developers Association
Indie Game Jams
IGN
Electronic Arts
Los Angeles
Steven Spielberg
Valve
OtherSide Entertainment

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