Warren Spector

Quick Facts

Full Name	Warren Spector
Occupation	Game Designer
Date Of Birth	Oct 2, 1955(1955-10-02)
Age	69
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Libra

Warren Spector Biography

Warren Spector is one of the most popular and richest Game Designer who was born on October 2, 1955 in New York, United States. Designer of video and role-playing games is well-known by his contributions to the genre of cyberpunk. The most well-known video games are Deus Ex and System Shock.

Before embarking on a career path with game development, his interned for the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center as an archiver of memorabilia that belonged to film director Before pursuing a career in game design, he worked at the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center as an archivist of memorabilia related to movie producer David O. Selznick..

Spector attended Northwestern University in Illinois, still intending to become a film critic, stating that he “knew more about movies than a lot of my teachers”. Spector earned his BS in Communications at Northwestern, and went on to earn his MA in Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin in

1980. His thesis was a critical history of Warner Bros. cartoons.

In 1983, after a job at the Harry Ransom Center as an archivist in charge of the David O. Selznick collection ended after a few months, Spector recalls that he “was sitting around, wondering how I was going to pay the next month’s rent, when I got a call from Chris Frink. He was a writer for a weekly entertainment magazine I used to edit in college. Anyway, he said that he was now editor of Space Gamer magazine and asked if I wanted a job. So, in the fall of 1983, I started as an editor.” Within a short time, Spector became the editor-in-chief for all Steve Jackson Games products, the company that owned and published Space Gamer magazine. Spector began producing role-playing games for the company, stating, “I supervised game development, typesetting, and the art and graphic departments.” Greg Costikyan developed Steve Jackson Games’ first complete role-playing system, Toon (1984), based on an idea by Jeff Dee; Costikyan intended the game to be an article in Fantasy Gamer magazine, but Spector liked it enough that he expanded it into a full game. Spector wrote the Paranoia game supplement Send in the Clones (1985) with Allen Varney. Spector also worked on the GURPS role-playing game. In March 1987 he was hired by TSR, initially working on games such as Top Secret/S.I. and the Marvel Super Heroes role-playing game. He also worked on The Bullwinkle and Rocky Party Roleplaying Game, and the second edition AD&D rules set, as well as board games, choose-your-own-adventure books, and novels. Spector spent some time in TSR’s R&D department, helping launch, among other things, Spelljammer.

He was married in 1987. was married to the writer of science fiction and fantasy and co-creator of the game Caroline Chase.

Warren Spector Net Worth

Warren Spector is one of the richest Game Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Warren Spector 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied film and television in Northwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin. He started his involvement with the video gaming industry as an editor of Space Gamer magazine.

The artist has superimposed his personal image on the faces of many games in which he has created characters.

Warren Evan Spector (born October 2, 1955) is an American role-playing and video game designer, director, writer, producer and production designer. He is known for creating immersive sim games, which give players a wide variety of choices in how to progress. Consequences of those choices are then shown in the simulated game world in subsequent levels or missions. He is best known for the critically acclaimed video game Deus Ex that embodies the choice and consequence philosophy while combining elements of the first-person shooter, role-playing, and adventure game genres. In addition to Deus Ex, Spector is known for his work while employed by Looking Glass Studios, where he was involved in the creation of several acclaimed titles including Ultima Underworld, Ultima Underworld II, System Shock, and Thief: The Dark Project. He is employed by OtherSide Entertainment, where he is part of the development team for the upcoming game System Shock 3.

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Who is Warren Spector Dating?

According to our records, Warren Spector married to Caroline Spector. As of December 1, 2023, Warren Spector’s is not dating anyone.

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After leaving Disney Interactive, Spector worked with the University of Texas at Austin to build a new post-baccalaureate game development program – the Denius-Sams Gaming Academy. He worked with UT staff to create a curriculum and plan out courses and labs.

Facts & Trivia

Warren Ranked on the list of most popular Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Warren Spector celebrates birthday on October 2 of every year.

On 2016, Spector won the Honorific Award at the Fun & Serious Game Festival.

Where is Warren Spector now?

He is employed by OtherSide Entertainment, where he was part of the development team for now-cancelled System Shock 3. He is currently working on a new immersive sim based on an original intellectual property.

When was Deus Ex released?

June 22, 2000

Is Deus Ex real?

Deus Ex was originally released in 2000 but took place in an alternate 2052 where many of the real world conspiracy theories have come true. The plot included references to vaccinations, black helicopters, FEMA, and ECHELON amongst others, some of which have connotations to real-life events.

What Deus Ex means?

Deus ex is a latin expression meaning basically “ god from or god from the ” , the most knowned citation is “deus ex machina” (god from the machine).

Is cyberpunk fixed?

Cyberpunk 2077 is finally in a playable state after all of the fixes and new additions following the Next-Generation Update and Patch 1.5. The game- breaking issues that resulted from the Patch 1.5 and Next-Generation update for Cyberpunk 2077 have been finally fixed.