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The Forever Games (Ep. 4)

Gamecraft

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The Internet and Gaming in the 80s and 90s

In the 80s when people were meeting in games like Island of Kezmai and getting married it was a big deal that was like a really weird and you know it was newsworthy. In 1992 1993 went to my boss's boss's boss at Disney and pitched him this idea of building a digital theme park. I raised a little bit of money for it but couldn't raise enough so we ended up with World of Tanks, which is now one of the most popular online gaming titles on the market. We also have our own game called League of Legends where players can compete against each other as well as play alongside their friends from around the world.

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