Shelley Day
Shelley Day is a former producer of children's video games. She founded Humongous Entertainment with colleague Ron Gilbert. She created the famous Putt-Putt character as a bedtime story for her son, Travis, which became a series of popular children's video games. In 1999 she was listed on Time Magazine as one of the "Cyber Elite". She also founded Humongous' subsidiary, Cavedog Entertainment. After leaving Humongous, she founded Hulabee Entertainment in 2001 to provide online games for kids, taking most of Humongous' staff with her.
In 2005, Day was convicted of bank fraud,[1] having forged documents about a pending sale of the company to Disney. Day used the money in an attempt to purchase a home on Mercer Island. She was sentenced to 30 months in prison and 5 years supervised probation.
References
- ↑ "KIRKLAND COMPUTER GAME COMPANY EXECUTIVE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR BANK FRAUD". United States Department of Justice. 2 Dec 2005. Retrieved 2 Dec 2005.