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Latest revision as of 18:15, 7 November 2018
Andy Thomason [1]
Andy Thomason,
a British senior programmer, computer games game programmer, and until 2017 lecturer at Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London,
where he teached game programming at postgraduate level. He holds a B.Sc. in Physics and Electronics from the University of Manchester, and a M.Sc. in mathematics from the Open University, and is a games industry veteran from his involvement in computer chess and console games in the 1970s until the present [2]. Andy Thomason is author of the chess program Killer Chess (K. Chess), which participated at the First World Microcomputer Chess Championship 1980 in London [3] [4].
He was also involved in the developing of a Flight simulator B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th [5].
Selected Publications
- Andy Thomason (2005). Faster Quaternion Interpolation Using Approximations. in Kim Pallister (editor) Game Programming Gems 5. pp 247–267, Charles River Media, ISBN 1-58450-352-1 [6]
External Links
- Andy Thomason - United Kingdom | LinkedIn
- Thomason, Andy, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Andy Thomason's projects and lecture notes
- Gamasutra - Features - Day in the Life: Andy Thomason, Games Technology Researcher and Writer
- Andrew Thomason's ICGA Tournaments
References
- ↑ Andy Thomason - United Kingdom | LinkedIn
- ↑ Key academic staff, Goldsmiths, University of London
- ↑ Tom Fürstenberg (1980). The First World Microcomputer Championship. Chess, December 1980 mentions Killer Chess
- ↑ Kevin O’Connell (1980). World Microcomputer Chess Championship. Personal Computer World, November 1980 mentions K. Chess
- ↑ Andrew Thomason Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames
- ↑ Quaternion from Wikipedia
