Everything about Greg Costikyan totally explained
Greg Costikyan, also known as
Designer X, is an
American game designer and
science fiction writer.
Costikyan's career spans nearly all extant genres of gaming, including hex-based
wargames,
role-playing games,
boardgames,
card games,
computer games,
online games and
mobile games. Several of his games have won
Origins Awards. He currently CEO of
Manifesto Games, a startup he co-founded with Johnny Wilson in 2005.
Costikyan lives in
New York City with his two daughters and is a 1982 graduate of
Brown University. He is a frequent speaker at game industry events including the
Game Developers Conference and
E³.
Games
Costikyan's notable works include
In addition, Costikyan is a widely-published author on the subject of game design and the role of games in culture. His essay, "I Have No Words and I Must Design"
is widely read as a conceptual approach to framing game design.
Costikyan worked on game design for many years, including writing and consulting for
Nokia. In September 2005, he left Nokia to join with Johnny Wilson, former editor of
Computer Gaming World, in founding the startup indie game publisher
Manifesto Games.
He regularly contributes to Manifesto Games' website, and to their offshoot game review blog Play This Thing.
In the 1970s and 80s, Costikyan was a leading player of
Slobbovia. His novel
One Quest, Hold the Dragons includes several stories about
crottled greeps
, a Slobbovian
meme.
Novels
Costikyan has written four novels. The first two were
parodies of genre
fantasy:
Another Day, Another Dungeon (1990, ISBN 0-8125-0140-3) and its sequel
One Quest, Hold the Dragons (1995, ISBN 0-8125-2269-9).
By the Sword (1993, ISBN 0-312-85489-7) is another irreverent fantasy about a young
barbarian who is forced by circumstances to make his way in the larger world; it was originally serialized on the Prodigy online service. His latest novel,
First Contract (2000, ISBN 0-312-87396-4), depicts (with much dry humor) the vast sociological and economic changes that happen after aliens arrive on Earth, and one entrepreneur's efforts to survive and make a new start.
Awards and recognition
On
March 7,
2007, Costikyan received the
Game Developers Choice Awards Maverick Award. The award was given for his tireless efforts to create a viable channel for indie games.
He was inducted into the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame in 1999.
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