Alex St. John
Moby ID: 6465
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Alex St. John is the CEO and co-founder of WildTangent.
Prior to founding WildTangent in 1998, St. John was responsible for Microsoft's multimedia strategy. St. John was one of the principal creators of Microsoft's DirectX technology, which become the foundation for all Windows multimedia applications, 3D graphics, media players, as well as thousands of PC and Xbox games. Several books have been written about St. John's exploits at Microsoft including Renegades of the Empire by Michael Drummond, Opening the Xbox by Dean Takahashi, and Masters of Doom by David Kushner.
St. John is widely considered to have his finger on the pulse of cutting edge technology trends in the gaming industry and is a frequent speaker at major media & technology events as well as a monthly columnist for Computer Power User Magazine.
Credited on 5 games
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| Full Tilt! Pinball (1996, Windows 3.x) | Special Thanks to |
| Havoc (1995, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Shanghai: Great Moments (1995, Windows 3.x) | Special Thanks To |
| Doom (1995, Windows) | Orchestrated by |
| Super Bubsy (1995, Windows) | Our gratitude to |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 3 games with G. Eric Engstrom
- 3 games with Craig Eisler
- 1 game with Tony Grant
- 1 game with Brian MacDonald
- 1 game with Owen Nelson
- 1 game with Glenn Davis
- 1 game with Ann Chait
- 1 game with Lawrence Goldberg
- 1 game with Brad Silveberg
- 1 game with John Haberfellner
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Companies
- 1 game with Maxis South
- 1 game with Maxis Software Inc.
- 1 game with Soundelux Ltd.
- 1 game with Reality Bytes, Inc.
- 1 game with Quicksilver Software, Inc.
- 1 game with id Software, Inc.
- 1 game with Yeo Design
- 1 game with Softkey London
- 1 game with Learning Company, The
- 1 game with ATI Technologies, Inc.
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