Drinks with Jack Featuring George Gomez (Part 1)
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TL;DR
George Gomez reflects on his 45-year career from Midway arcade games to leading Stern's product development.
Synopsis
George Gomez discusses his 45+ year career in game design, starting at Midway Games in 1978 with arcade games (Tron, Spy Hunter), transitioning through toy design and various game genres, and eventually joining Williams Electronics for pinball before returning to Stern Pinball in 2008 to lead product development. He recalls early Stern operations with only 9 core developers and describes the company's near-collapse during the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recovery.
Tags
- Midway Games· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Williams Electronics· company
- Blue Shark· game
- Crash and Bash· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- NBA Ballers· game
- Playboy· game
- Spy Hunter· game
- The Dark Knight· game
- The Sopranos· game
- Tron· game
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Gary Stern· person
- George Gomez· person
- Jack Danger· person
- John Borg· person
- John Rothermell· person
- Ray Tanzer· person
- Rob Blakeman· person
- Steve Ritchie· person