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Gary Whitta
Gary Whitta

Gary "Gaz" Whitta (born July 21, 1972) is an English screenwriter, author, game designer, and video games journalist. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Among long-time video game enthusiasts, he is known as the former editor-in-chief of both the UK and US editions of PC Gamer magazine and contributor to one of the first gaming magazines, ACE. PC Gamer is a magazine founded in Britain in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. ACE ( A dvanced C omputer E ntertainment was a multi-format Computer and video game magazine first published in the United

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Biography

Whitta was born and raised in London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. There, he began his career as a writer and games journalist, and came to ACE magazine. ACE ( A dvanced C omputer E ntertainment was a multi-format Computer and video game magazine first published in the United When ACE closed down in 1992,[1] he became deputy editor of "The One for Amiga" then was involved with founding the original PC Gamer magazine[2] in the UK. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A few years later, he moved to the United States to become editor-in-chief of the newer, US version, of PC Gamer. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the PC Gamer is a magazine founded in Britain in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. [2] He left the magazine in early 2000, but has continued to write columns for the publication.

Whitta still lives in the United States, currently residing in San Francisco, CA. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Despite his long term residency in the US, he is still a devoted fan of the Tottenham Hotspur football team. Tottenham Hotspur, ˈtɒʔnəm is an English professional football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered

Magazine publishing

Besides his involvement setting up PC Gamer, Whitta has a long history of involvement with print and online magazines of all kinds. As previously mentioned, he was a contributing game reviewer for UK-based ACE magazine, an Amiga computer games. ACE was owned by UK publisher Future Publishing, and in early 2000 Whitta worked with Future to establish a film magazine, Total Movie Magazine. Future plc ( is an international special-interest media company jointly based in Bath and London 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Due to financial difficulties at the publisher, Total Movie was cancelled after only a couple issues in early 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. [3] According to Whitta:

I should take a minute to sort out the speculation as to why the magazine died: it was not due to any failure on its part. Actually, we were doing really well, with sell-through rates on the newssstand in the 60-80% region in many places (if you know anything about magazine publishing, you know that's pretty impressive), and we had just finished our first monthly issue and DVD when we learned it would not be printed and published. [3]

While no longer managing or editing, Whitta still contributes game reviews and opinion pieces for a number of gaming publications. His articles can be found in various places, including PC Gamer[4] and 1Up. [5] He also shows up in industry podcasts, for example with PC Gamer[6] and Next Generation. [7]

Screenwriting

In addition to contributing to periodicals, Whitta has written a number of screenplays and TV episodes. A partial list, including the text of those which were not picked up, can be found here at his homepage. A web page or webpage is a resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a Web browser. Included among them are both movie scripts and TV episodes for Star Trek: Voyager and Futurama. Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and

Whitta has found Hollywood success as the screenwriter of the upcoming movie Reaper, scheduled for release in 2008. [8] On March 5, 2007, Whitta announced that his science fiction script entitled The Book of Eli has been purchased by Warner Bros. to be produced by Joel Silver. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American Hollywood Film producer and inventor of the sport of Ultimate. [9] He is also working on a script known only as the "Monkey Project" with Chris Weston. Chris Weston is a British comic artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries [10] More recent rumors have tied him to a Blizzard project, possibly a title based on the Diablo series of games. Diablo is a Dark fantasy -themed Action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment [11] It was announced on www. First showing. net, that Gary was set to write the script for the live-action version of "Akira" that is scheduled to be release in the Summer of 2009. [12]

Game development

In the realm of game development, Whitta has consulted on a number of game titles. Perhaps his best known contributions have been as a writer for Duke Nukem Forever,[13][14] Prey,[15][14] and Gears of War. Duke Nukem For other uses of the word Prey see Prey (disambiguation Prey is a First-person shooter Video game developed by Human Gears of War is a tactical Third-person shooter Video game developed by Epic Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios. [14] He has also consulted on general game design for Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Activision, Midway Games, and others. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. Midway Games ( (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American Video game publisher. [14]

Comic books

Gary Whitta and Ted Naifeh signing Death, Jr. comics at Comic-Con 2006
Gary Whitta and Ted Naifeh signing Death, Jr. comics at Comic-Con 2006

Whitta is also the writer behind a popular short series of comic books based on the Death, Jr. character, together with cover artist Mike Mignola and illustrator Ted Naifeh. Ted Naifeh is an American comic book writer and artist who gained notoriety for his illustrations in the goth romance comic Gloomcookie. Death Jr is a Video game for the PlayStation Portable. The PSP iteration was the very first PSP game ever shown publicly and advertised as a Comic-Con International San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre Fan convention founded as the Golden Death Jr is a Video game for the PlayStation Portable. The PSP iteration was the very first PSP game ever shown publicly and advertised as a Mike Joseph Mignola (born September 16, 1960) is an American Comic book Artist and Writer, famous for creating the comic Ted Naifeh is an American comic book writer and artist who gained notoriety for his illustrations in the goth romance comic Gloomcookie. [16] Having been extended to a second three-part series,[17] the writing has received praise as "charming and cleverly subversive"[18] and for its "quirky characters and slick humor". [19] Whitta spoke about his experience writing this comic with Silver Bullet Comics in May 2005.

Podcasts

Gary Whitta is a frequent commentator on the PC Gamer podcast and co-hosts the Game Theory podcast with Colin Campbell. He also commentated on the Next Gen podcast until the podcast was cancelled.

References

  1. ^ Knight, Gareth. Amiga history guide. ACE. ACE. Retrieved on 2007-09-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights.
  2. ^ a b PC Gamer, 1996.
  3. ^ a b CHUD.com Forum archive, February 2001.
  4. ^ IW2 review. PC Gamer, July 2005.
  5. ^ 1Up profile page
  6. ^ PC Gamer podcast, June 2006.
  7. ^ Next Gen podcast, January 2007.
  8. ^ IMDB Reaper, 2008.
  9. ^ QT3 Forums March 2007.
  10. ^ Chris Weston blog. September 2006.
  11. ^ Diablo Movie confirmed. June 2007.
  12. ^ It's Official - Live-Action Akira Confirmed Already for 2009! « FirstShowing.net
  13. ^ DNF script 3D Realms forums.
  14. ^ a b c d GaryWhitta.com biography.
  15. ^ Prey info at 3D Realms
  16. ^ Image Comics Press Release, September 2005.
  17. ^ QT3 Forums, February 2006
  18. ^ Shrew Review April 2005.
  19. ^ IGN Comics April, 2005.

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