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Naming[edit]

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Same name, different people[edit]

I moved this comment from the bottom of the article:

(It should be pointed out that this is because these two Steve Jacksons are actually the same person, as is confirmed in his biography below. Those new to the hobby may be mistaken to think Americans never work in the UK. Sorry.)

It was placed there by Hall Monitor. I read the short biography and I couldn't find anything that proved they are the same person. It is possible that some of the information on the Steve Jackson (UK) article actually belongs in this article, but I don't know which. But one thing is clear: the US Steve Jackson did not found Games Workshop, a UK company. He did found Steve Jackson Games, a US company. If he did, his biography would have most certainly mentioned it. If anyone can help clear up any of this, please discuss here. — Frecklefoot | Talk 16:34, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

Hello. Actually, that comment was left at 15:33, 21 July 2005 by 212.219.39.140. The name similarities are purely coincidental. Hall Monitor 19:41, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

For confirmation that they are two different people, see the SJG FAQ:

Q: Isn't Steve Jackson one of the founders of Games Workshop?

A: No, that's the other Steve Jackson. An English writer named Steve Jackson, along with his partner Ian Livingstone, founded Games Workshop and created the Fighting Fantasy series. These days, the English Steve Jackson, having sold his interest in Games Workshop, is continuing to work on various projects (you may have seen his Battle Cards -- they were a trading card game released before Magic.). The American Steve Jackson is another person entirely. --Calair 01:02, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Interview with Steve Jackson by The Escapist magazine. [1] --Craw-daddy | T | 23:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Interview with Steve Jackson by GamingReport.com [2] --Craw-daddy | T | 00:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

link dead[edit]

"Evil Stevie's Pirate Game" link is dead —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.131.0.194 (talk) 16:58, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GOCE[edit]

Edit underway, please do not edit article at this time. --Bddmagic (talk) 22:49, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

and done. --Bddmagic (talk) 15:01, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions[edit]

Possibly add citations for date of birth and in the Education section or remove "citation needed." The sentence "However, Thompson sought legal action..." seems out of context (perhaps move to "Legal actions" section). Information concerning British Steve Jackson could be relevant, but not under section entitled "Legal actions" (should be moved somewhere else possibly intro section) — Slu30 (talk) 20:31, 15 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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I've replaced the first link the bot found with "http://www.originsawards.net/hall-of-fame/". It turns out the offthehook link works for me (as do the audios there), so I fixed that ... but when I skimmed the audio I found it has reporting about the District Court trial but no interview with SJ, so I then deleted it from the ELs list. Feel free to revert that if I missed something. Cheers, CWC 04:56, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How SJ became a game designer.[edit]

SJG has just published Hexagram #1, an 80s-style zine about The Fantasy Trip. Mr Jackson's introduction includes this anecdote:

Many, many years ago, I was a bored law school student. In a vain attempt to not do my homework, I was reading the school paper. Even the classified ads, which I did not normally look at – but I was very bored. And one of those ads was a help-wanted ad for a “zine editor.” Now, “zine” was not a common word at the time – back then, it meant, 99 times out of 100, a science fiction zine. So I replied to the ad!

The magazine turned out to be The Space Gamer. I didn’t get the job; I was overqualified. (It went to Ben Ostrander, who did fine work.) Instead, I got hired by Metagaming as a game developer.

So on that one thin hook of the word “zine” hangs my career!

Should we use this in the Education section of the article?

Cheers, CWC 03:48, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]