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Paul Barnett (video game designer)

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In February 2008, Barnett gave a talk at the European LIFT 08 conference. This talk was the highest watched video of the show, gaining over 50,000 views within 48 hours. His talks also received coverage in business media. BusinessWeek writer Matt Vella described it as "one of the most non-geek
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accessible I've ever heard" and praised its accomplishment of "smartly analogiz the games industry to both films and Las Vegas without being heavy-handed."
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was launched on AOL in the UK in 1995, and in the US in 1996. AOL described the game as " first real interactive game."
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industry and its future. The panel included other industry members such as
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Barnett was also invited to record a special BombCast with the crew from
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In his 20s, Barnett started developing a text-based game,
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Preston
England
United Kingdom
British
Game designer
Warhammer Online
www.MySpace.com/thatbarnettbloke
English
game designer
Wargaming
World of Tanks
Mythic Entertainment
Warhammer Online
MMO
massively multiplayer online role-playing game
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
Mark Jacobs
Jeff Hickman
Penny Arcade Expo
MMORPG
Curt Schilling
38 Studios
Sanrio Digital
Turbine, Inc.
GiantBomb
Jeff Gerstmann


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