Stephen Clarke-Willson
{{Short description|American video game executive}}{{Infobox person
| name = Stephen Clarke-Willson
| nationality = American
| occupation = Video game executive
| employer = ArenaNet
| notable_works = Disney's Aladdin, Global Gladiators, Cool Spot, Disney’s Jungle Book, The 7th Guest, Color a Dinosaur
| title = Studio Technical Director
}}
Stephen Clarke-Willson is an American video game executive. He served as the vice president of Virgin Interactive in the early 1990s.
Summary
From 1990 to 1994, he was the vice president of Virgin Interactive. He was instrumental in Virgin's acquisition of Westwood Studios, after which he supervised budgets at Westwood.{{cite web|last=Clarke-Willson|first=Stephen|title=Resume|url=http://www.above-the-garage.com/resume/index.html|publisher=Above the Garage Productions|accessdate=30 January 2012}}
He supervised the production of titles for the SNES and the Sega Genesis like Disney's Aladdin, Global Gladiators, Cool Spot, and Disney’s Jungle Book; also The Seventh Guest for DOS. (He was also the producer of one of the most ridiculed games of all time, Color a Dinosaur.)
He published a SIGGRAPH paper, "Applying Game Design to Virtual Environments".[http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131655/applying_game_design_to_virtual_.php "Applying Game Design to Virtual Environments"] reprinted at Gamasutra
Clarke-Willson now works at ArenaNet as the Studio Technical Director for Guild Wars.
References
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External links
- [http://www.sega-16.com/2006/03/interview-dr-stephen-clarke-willson/ Interview from Sega-16.com]
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Category:American video game designers
Category:American video game producers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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