About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Jeff Minter, Christopher Strachey, Alan Cox, Oliver Twins, Demis Hassabis, Michael Lawrie, Jonathan Smith, Alasdair Morgan, Lee Wright, Matthew Smith, Martin Bryant, Kevin Marks, Michael A. Jackson, Matt Stephens, Paul Vigay, Nick Pelling, James Clark, Rob S. Miles, Antony Crowther, Theo Watson, Jon Woods, Paul Owens, David Braben, Dave Colclough, Francis Irving, Malcolm Evans, Raffaele Cecco, Archer MacLean, Jeremy Allison, Mike Follin, Pete Cooke, John Graham-Cumming, Jon Ritman, Steve Vickers, Julian Todd, J. Anthony Hall, Steve McIntyre, Ian Sommerville, Simon Cozens, Rob Hartill, Ciaran Gultnieks, Simon Tatham, Ian Bell, Kingsley Idehen, William Tang, Ian Bird, Steve Turner, Andrew Braybrook, Jan Jones. Excerpt: Jeff 'Yak' Minter (born in Reading, 22 April 1962) is a British computer/video game designer and programmer. He is the founder of software house Llamasoft and his recent works include Neon (2004), a non-game music visualization program that has been built into the Xbox 360 console, and the video games Space Giraffe (Xbox Live Arcade, 2007 and PC, 2008), and Space Invaders Extreme (Xbox Live Arcade, May 2009). Fans of Minter's games have identified a number of distinctive elements common to his games. They are often arcade style shoot 'em ups. They often contain titular and/or in-game references demonstrating his fondness of ruminants (llamas, sheep, camels, etc.). Many of his programs also feature something of a psychedelic element, as in some of the earliest "light synthesizer" programs including his Trip-a-Tron. In online forums and informal game credits pages Minter usually signs as "Yak," which is, in his own words "a pseudonym chosen a long time ago, back in the days when hi-score tables on coin-op machines only held three letters, and I settled on Yak because the yak is a scruffy hairy beast - a l...
