# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mabel-addis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:03:03.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mabel-addis"
name: "Mabel Addis"
slug: "mabel-addis"
description: "Mabel Addis Mergardt was an American writer, teacher and the first video game writer. She designed The Sumerian Game, programmed by William McKay, for the IBM 7090 in 1964, which inspired other kingdom management games such as Hamurabi from the early 1970s. She is considered to have created the strategy video game genre and text based game concept. She has been recognized as the world's first narrative video game writer as well as the first video game writer, and is the oldest known female video game designer."
tagline: "American computer games designer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1912-05-21"
deathDate: "2004-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.26
  momentum:             1.418439716312057
  historical:           9.417388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "মেবেল আদিচ"
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    title: "Mabel Addis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mabel Addis"
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    title: "Mabel Addis"
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    title: "Mabel Addis"
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    title: "Mabel Addis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mabel Addis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mabel Addis"
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    title: "ᱢᱮᱵᱮᱞ ᱟᱰᱤᱥ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump