Daniel James, aka Captain Cleaver, CEO of Three Rings Design

Daniel James (b. 1971, London), is a British-Canadian video game developer based in San Francisco. He is a co-founder and CEO of Three Rings Design, the company behind the MMORPGs Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates, Bang! Howdy, and Whirled.

[edit] Biography

James was born in 1971 in London, the only child of Allan James, a filmmaker [1] who worked on titles such as Out of Africa and Superman, and Hope James, an interior designer and art teacher. James attended Hammersmith and West London College, and got involved with MUDs early, playing Essex MUD at the age of 12, in 1982. While still at university, he co-founded the Avalon dial-up service in 1990, moving services to the internet in 1994, the same year that he graduated from the University of Leeds, with a degree in Computer Science and Philosophy. In 1995, he founded another company, Sense Internet. In 1998, he moved to the United States to work for Sierra Online, as a designer on Middle-earth Online.

While in the United States, he met Michael Bayne, and as they were both young and unemployed, they decided to make a game, which became Puzzle Pirates as a part of the Three Rings Design. It was launched in 2002. It has been followed by Bang Howdy and Whirled (Now available to the public in Beta).

He is a member of the IGDA Online Games SIG, and a frequent speaker or moderator at industry conferences such as E³, GDC, and the Austin Games Conference.

[edit] External links

• Official Three Rings Website
• Puzzle Pirates Website
• Whirled Website

[edit] References

• Daniel James' personal website
• DreamStation interview, September 29, 2003
• UCLA speaker bio
• IGDA Online Games webpage

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