Stevie Case
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Stevie Case (Stevana Case, born September 7, 1976) is a recognized figure in the video game industry. She is noted for being one of the first well-known female gamers and is controversial for her methods of self-promotion. Case has filled several roles in the industry, from the first female professional gamer at the Cyberathlete Professional League to level designer to Vice President of Development.
Case gained repute for defeating John Romero in a Quake deathmatch. She defeated him the very first time they met, after being introduced by a mutual friend, Don MacAskill. After that, she was employed at Ion Storm, first as a game tester and then as a level designer. Case's relationship with John Romero turned into more than just playing games in early 1999 when they began co-habitating. That relationship ended in early 2003. Until then, Case was the Vice President of Monkeystone Games, a game development company she co-founded with Romero.
Shortly after cosmetic surgery[1], Case became known for her looks and penchant for games. Stevie was approached by Playboy to appear in a pictorial based on an interview she did in the Los Angeles Times. She did the photo shoot in the Spring of 2000. Images of the photo shoot were released on-line but never made it to the pages of Playboy magazine.
Case picked her nickname "Killcreek" from a regional rock band which she admires from Lawrence, Kansas home to the University of Kansas where she attended college, and near her hometown of Olathe, Kansas. The band in turn took the name from an actual creek: Kill Creek. She did not intend for the nickname to stick, but it has.
As of November 2005, Case is employed at Tira Wireless in sales/business development.
[edit] Cited references
- ^ David Kushner (2003). Masters of doom: how two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture. New York: Random House, 271. ISBN 0-375-50524-5.
[edit] External links
- Stevie Case's profile at MobyGames
- Archive of Stevana.com, Case's previous official website
- Killcreek's entry on California Girls
- "Interview with the Goddess": Interview with Case and Romero upon the start of Monkeystone
- "Women in Gaming" article by Case
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| NAME | Case, Stevana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Killcreek |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | recognized figure in the video game industry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City, Kansas |
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