Greg Costikyan
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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.
A few of Costikyan's notable works include Toon, Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Paranoia and Violence: The Roleplaying Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed.
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.
Lately, his studies have tended towards mobile phone game design, and Costikyan has been writing and consulting for Nokia.
Costikyan lives in New York City. He is a frequent speaker at game industry events including the Game Developers Conference and E³.
External link
- Greg Costikyan's homepage (http://www.costik.com)
- Greg Costikyan's blog (http://www.costik.com/weblog)zh:格雷格·柯斯特恩