Brian Moriarty
American video game developer
Brian Moriarty (born 1956) is an American video game developer who authored several games for Infocom and LucasArts.
Early career
Starting in 1980, Moriarty spent three years with Bose Corporation as a technical writer, then moved to the Atari 8-bit computer magazine ANALOG Computing as their technical editor. During his year at the magazine, Moriarty wrote two text adventures for ANALOG: Adventure in the 5th Dimension (1983) and Crash Dive! (1984). He also worked on Tachyon (1985), an adaptation of Atari's Quantum arcade game, which was previewed but never published.
Infocom
In 1984, Moriarty moved to the young company Infocom as a microcomputer expert, becoming its fourth employee. Moriarty later recalled, "After about six months designing interpreters for computers, I threatened to hold my breath until they made me a game designer." Moriarty subsequently designed three Infocom interactive fiction titles: Wishbringer (1985), Trinity (1986), and Beyond Zork (1987).
LucasArts
Moriarty joined Lucasfilm Games, later known as LucasArts, in 1988 at the invitation of Noah Falstein. There he designed his first graphic adventure game, Loom, published in 1990. Though the game was a commercial success and Moriarty had an idea for sequels that were briefly entertained, he opted to move on to other projects.
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