Tom Hall
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Tom Hall has a long history of successful game development starting in the early 1980's, having co-founded two of the industry’s most well known software development studios, id Software and ION Storm. Tom’s games have been enjoyed by millions of game players worldwide and have consistently received high praise, excellent reviews, and numerous awards from the gaming press. Among Tom’s 45 published games, his flagship titles are the Commander Keen series, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, DOOM, Rise of the Triad and Anachronox.
Tom’s hit Anachronox was named Game of the Month by PC Gamer UK, received a score of 89% in PC Gamer US edition, and was awarded 4 out of 5 stars in Computer Gaming World. A movie of the game's cinematics also won three awards, including Best Picture.
Tom’s strongest asset is his immensely creative imagination that enables him to dream up entire gaming worlds and character designs that are tightly woven and unique in the industry.
History
Tom started designing games in the 1980s on the Apple II computer. During his career he has progressed from the simple one-person team to working with a staff of over 20 game developers. Tom has the unique ability to conceptualize large-scale game worlds that are well designed and innovative, with an emphasis on story and characterization. Tom’s design abilities extend into all areas of game development such as graphics, world design, sound design, programming, story development and programming.
Now
Most recently Tom designed Monkeystone Games Hyperspace Delivery Boy!, now available for the PC, Pocket PC, and Game Boy Advance. Then he designed Congo Cube while at Monkeystone, then moved to San Diego, CA to work on several games prominent among them being Area 51. Tom then decided to move to Austin, TX and is currently the Creative Director at Kingsisle Entertainment, working on an MMO.
John and Tom met each other in 1989 while at Softdisk and have been working together ever since, co-founding three companies in the process: id Software, Ion Storm, and Monkeystone Games.
