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Brian Moriarty, 2006. From GET LAMP.

Original one of the editors of the Atari magazine ANALOG in the early 1980s (where he contributed adventure games for publishing in the issues of the magazine), Brian Moriarty played some early Infocom games and resolved to join the company. Getting a job as a play-tester, he soon had the opportunity to author a title in Infocom's fantasy line, which became Wishbringer. This was followed by the ambitious and well-regarded title Trinity, which combined historical reality regarding the history of nuclear science with fantasy. His nickname at Infocom was "Professor".

Following his time at Infocom, Moriarty wrote the oft-cited gaming classic Loom for Lucasfilm Games, and has continued to work in the games industry since.

Author Credits

Adventure in the Fifth Dimension (publisher: ANALOG Computing; 1983).
Crash Dive! (publisher: ANALOG Computing; 1984).
Wishbringer (publisher: Infocom; 1985; Z-code).
Trinity (publisher: Infocom; 1986; Z-code).
Beyond Zork (publisher: Infocom; 1987; Z-code).

Other Credits

Loom (publisher: Lucasfilm Games; 1990). Graphic adventure game.

Links

Brian Moriarty at Wikipedia.
Lectures and Presentations by Moriarty from his home page.

Interviews

Interview with Brian moriarty for the Brass Lantern.
Interview with Brian Moriarty - posted by Erik-André Vik Mamen for Adventure Classic Gaming, 15-Sept-2006.
Interview with Brian Moriarty for Halcyon Days, by Dadgum Software.

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 [[Image:Gl-moriarty.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Brian Moriarty, 2006. From GET LAMP.]]
-Original one of the editors of the Atari magazine ANALOG in the early 1980s (where he contributed adventure games for publishing in the issues of the magazine), '''Brian Moriarty''' played some early Infocom games and resolved to join the company. Getting a job as a play-tester, he soon had the opportunity to author a title in Infocom's fantasy line, which became [[Wishbringer]]. This was followed by the ambitious and well-regarded title [[Trinity]], which combined historical reality regarding the history of nuclear science with fantasy. His nickname at Infocom was "Professor".
+Original one of the editors of the Atari magazine ANALOG in the early 1980s (where he contributed adventure games for publishing in the issues of the magazine), '''Brian Moriarty''' played some early Infocom games and resolved to join the company. Getting a job as a play-tester, he soon had the opportunity to author a title in Infocom's fantasy line, which became ''[[Wishbringer]]''. This was followed by the ambitious and well-regarded title ''[[Trinity]]'', which combined historical reality regarding the history of nuclear science with fantasy. His nickname at Infocom was "Professor".
-Following his time at Infocom, Moriarty wrote the oft-cited gaming classic [[Loom]] for Lucasfilm Games, and has continued to work in the games industry since.
+Following his time at Infocom, Moriarty wrote the oft-cited gaming classic ''Loom'' for Lucasfilm Games, and has continued to work in the games industry since.
 == Author Credits ==