Talk:David Perry

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[edit] Neutrality

Thanks for the huge expansion Elonka! This bio has improved dramatically. I think there's some POV elements to watch out for though... For instance, while Aladdin might have won many awards, I doubt 7-UP's Cool Spot and McDonald's Global Gladiators did, so I removed the words "award-winning" in the sentence that those three games are mentioned. If there are specific awards for Aladdin worth mentioning, we should put them in.

I also edited a few other potentially POV bit and bobs, see revision history for details. Technitai 10:52, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Yup, I hear ya, and have done enough "spam reverts" on other Wikipedia articles to know what you're talking about. In the spirit of full disclosure though, I should also mention that I'm in the game industry myself, though in a very different section of the industry (see my bio article at Elonka Dunin). I wouldn't list myself as a close friend of Perry (I've probably spent a grand total of 15 minutes talking to him over the last several years), but I have definitely met him, heard him speak, and am aware of the high regard with which he is held by many other industry veterans. Of course, I can't use that stuff in his article, but it does help give me a sense of which press releases are real, and which are just hype.  ;)
In terms of current expansion, I added a bunch more game titles that Perry has worked on, though I wasn't always sure if they already had existing Wikipedia articles, so if you could help with tracking those down, that would be great. I'm also trying to learn more about the " game programming books" which Perry wrote as a child. So far I've been unable to locate any titles, so I don't know if they were actual bound and published works, or something more informal. If I run into Perry at GDC next week, I'll try to ask him, though with the current business deals going on (Shiny looking for a new buyer), it'll probably be very difficult to get his attention!
How about you? If I could ask him directly any particular question, is there any specific datapoint that you would most like clarified? --Elonka 17:54, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
(Update): Looks like Global Gladiators won "Game of the Year", and "Cool Spot" won awards for at least best sound/music. Still researching, but wanted to pass that along. [1] --Elonka 03:58, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

David Perry 7/13/2006 I've added a bunch of updated information, also removed some spam links in there (that was sending people to a site that installed spyware.) If you have any questions about my edits, feel free to email me. (The preceding comment was posted by Shinydp (talk · contribs) on July 13, 2006)

[edit] Others named Perry

There are others named David Perry. David Perry, Public Education Director for Trend Micro is another one.

[edit] French bio

The David Perry article at the French Wikipedia[2]seems to be more complete than this one. Should we perhaps seek someone to translate? --Elonka 09:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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