Marc Blank
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Marc Blank is an American game designer and programmer best known as a co-creator of the pioneering text adventure game Zork and a key figure in early interactive fiction.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
computer programmer
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interactive fiction author ⓘ person ⓘ video game designer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| developed | Zork game engine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer | Infocom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer software
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interactive fiction ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| genre | text adventure ⓘ |
| influenced | development of narrative-driven computer games ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-creating the text adventure game Zork
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pioneering work in interactive fiction ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Infocom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped establish commercial market for interactive fiction
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key figure in early text-based adventure games ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Border Zone
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Deadline NERFINISHED ⓘ Enchanter NERFINISHED ⓘ Zork NERFINISHED ⓘ Zork I NERFINISHED ⓘ Zork II NERFINISHED ⓘ Zork III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer programmer
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game designer ⓘ software engineer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | co-founder of Infocom ⓘ |
| programmed | early versions of Zork ⓘ |
| workedOn | interactive fiction parser technology ⓘ |
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