Occupation Game designer Role Computer game designer | Name Sam Palahnuk | |
Born January 1, 1961 (age 63) ( 1961-01-01 ) Los Angeles, CA | ||
Sam Palahnuk (born January 1, 1961) is an American computer game designer and founder of the game development company, Brother Wolf. He is best known as the original designer of groundbreaking computer games such as Star Trek - Strategic Operations Simulator, Wolf and Disney's The Animation Studio.
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Sam L. Palahnuk was born in Los Angeles, CA to a family of five. He designed and programmed his first games, Laser Base and Sky Rocket, on an Apple II while still in college at UCLA. Before he had graduated, he wrote a fan letter to SEGA which ended with him being hired to program and design arcade video games. With the hit game Star Trek, he became one of SEGAs top designers.
Moving from programming to acting as a designer and producer, Palahnuk went on to design the first CD-ROM game created, Airwave Adventure: Case of the Cautious Condor. He then moved to Disney Software to create top selling CD-ROM games, including Mickey's ABC's which was a platinum selling title.
Since leaving the game industry, he has worked in a variety of fields, and now includes professional photography as one of his skills.