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DM
Dungeon Master. The term is trademarked to TSR/Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro and refers to the player who runs a session of Dungeons & Dragons. The generic term is Game Master.
Molyneux, Peter
The inventor of the real-time strategy genre with his games Powermonger and Populous, Peter Molyneux is a legend in game design. Founder of Bullfrog he also designed Syndicate, Magic Carpet, and Theme Park. He quit Bullfrog near the release of Dungeon Keeper and co-founded Lionhead Studios where he went on to design Black & White.
Newbie
A derogatory term for someone who has little or no experience.
PBeM
Play by E-mail. A way to play normally face-to-face games over the Internet. The most common genres include turn-based strategy and roleplaying games.
Wardell, Brad
Brad Wardell is the founder of Stardock Systems, and the designer of Galactic Civilizations and one of the only video games ever released for the ill-fated OS/2. In addition to his experience in games Brad makes skinning software for Windows. He is a champion for gameplay over graphics and has founded the Drengin Network a game ASP (Application Service Provider) to help make this vision a reality.


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