Chris Crawford

About

Game designer famous for creating early video games such as Eastern Front and Balance of Power. Throughout his career, he worked for both Atari and Macintosh. He is the founder of the Game Developers Conference. He sold his first computer game in 1978.

Before Fame

He received his Master's in physics from the University of Missouri. 

Trivia

He took a hiatus from working in gaming in 1992 to develop the concept of interactive storytelling. He wrote a book called "The Journal of Computer Game Design". He released the source code for several of his games in 2013. He has also given lectures around the world.

Family Life

His wife Kathy aided him in getting his job with Atari. 

Associated With

Howard Scott Warshaw designed games for Atari as well.