Dave Grossman (game developer)
American video game programmer and designer
Dave Grossman is an American video game designer, programmer and writer, known for his work at Telltale Games in the late 2000s and at LucasArts in the early 1990s.
He has also written several children's books, and a book of "guy poetry" called Ode to the Stuff in the Sink.
In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time.
Game industry career
Grossman joined Lucasfilm Games, later known as LucasArts in 1989. At LucasArts, Grossman wrote and programmed The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge together with Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer. He later co-designed Day of the Tentacle.
Grossman quit LucasArts in 1994 to begin a freelance career. For Humongous Entertainment, a company co-founded by Ron Gilbert, he helped create many critically acclaimed games aimed at children, such as the Pajama Sam series. Later he also wrote children's games for Hulabee Entertainment and Disney.
He then designed adventure games at Telltale Games, a company founded by LucasArts veterans.
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