Daniel James (game developer)

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

For other persons of the same name, see Daniel James.

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

[edit] Biography

James was born in 1971 in London, the only child of Alan James, a filmmaker [1] who had 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.

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.