Making a videogame used to be something to which only the highest-level geeks could aspire. And then Bill Budge came along. As one of the prototypical computer hackers of the early 1980s, Budge loved ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Who was there: The name Bill Budge isn't likely to ring any bells for the average gamer. However, to a generation of the most influential game makers, ...

"Pinball Construction Set was the first game that introduced me to the idea of constructive games and systemic thinking," Wright said in a statement forwarded by the Academy of Interactive Arts and ...