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The Gamesmaster

Audiobook
Nonfiction: Autobiography & Memoir
Unabridged Publication date: 06/09/2020

The Gamesmaster

My Life in the '80s Geek Culture Trenches with G.I. Joe, Dungeons & Dragons, and The Transformers

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Digital Download ISBN:9781684574261

Summary

Flint Dille's memoir is an entertaining blend of pop culture, social history, and reportage about the exciting, groundbreaking 1980s, and the parts he and his colleagues, collaborators, employers, and friends played in making it a genuine Golden Age.

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Product Description

The Gamesmaster is a narrative memoir chronicling the life and career of Flint Dille. And while he isn't exactly a household name, you almost certainly know his work—which includes credits from some of the most important and successful entertainment franchises throughout the world across the cartoon, film, video game, and comic book industries and beyond.

Dille started his career writing and producing Saturday morning television shows, including Transformers and G.I. Joe, while also writing interactive novels with Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons. From there, he'd go on to work with the likes of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Frank Miller, Jack Kirby, and a raft of others as a writer, story editor, show runner, and/or producer of iconic entertainment in almost every medium.

Dille's memoir is an entertaining blend of pop culture, social history, and reportage about the exciting, groundbreaking 1980s, and the parts he and his colleagues, collaborators, employers, and friends played in making it a genuine Golden Age.

Reviews/Praise

"The Gamesmaster is a delightful dungeon walk through Hollywood in the 1980s with a focus on how arcade games, Hasbro toys, Dungeons & Dragons, and Saturday morning cartoons commingled to bring on Geek Culture."―Booklist

Author Bio

Throughout his decades-long career, Flint Dille has used his storytelling prowess to thrill fans of some of the largest entertainment franchises, including Transformers, G.I. Joe, Batman, Superman, and Dungeons & Dragons, while working with some of the most-celebrated minds in entertainment. He lives in Los Angeles.