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Mabel Addis
American computer games designer · United States · On the map · Developers · Lived 1912 to 2004 · aged 92
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.
Mabel Addis is read about 12 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 29 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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About this person
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.
