Paul Barnett (video game designer)
| Paul Barnett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Paul Barnett 15 January 1970 Preston, England United Kingdom |
| Residence | Fairfax, Virginia, USA |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | That Barnett Bloke |
| Years active | 1 January 2006-2013 |
| Known for | Game designer |
| Notable work | Warhammer Online |
| Website | www.MySpace.com/thatbarnettbloke |
Paul Barnett is an English game designer who was the General Manager of Mythic Entertainment, a division of Electronics Arts. Barnett had a lead role in developing Electronic Arts Warhammer Online MMO in Europe.
At the age of 24, Barnett started developing his first text-based game, Legends of Terris, which he finished after three years. At the time, it was the largest text-based game in Europe. After this, Barnett worked on other games, including Legends of Cosrin and Kingdom of Heroes. Legends of Terris was launched on AOL in the UK in 1995, and in the US in 1996. AOL described the game as "[their] first real interactive game."
He helped with the design of the MMORPG Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning under the direction of CEO Mark Jacobs and producer Jeff Hickman.
In the past, Barnett has given interviews on behalf of Mythic and EA at events including E3, Penny Arcade Expo, Comic-Con International, and Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. He has also been interviewed by Giant Bomb, MTV,G4, GameSpy,PC Gamer, Joystiq, and Ten Ton Hammer.
In February 2008, Paul Barnett gave a talk at the European LIFT 08 conference. This talk was the highest watched video of the show, gaining over 50,000 views within 48 hours as listed on LIFT star videos. His talks also received coverage in business media. BusinessWeek writer Matt Vella described it as "one of the most non-geek accessible I’ve ever heard" and praised its accomplishment of "smartly analogiz[ing] the games industry to both films and Las Vegas without being heavy-handed."
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