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graduate, made the idea of an independent company more viable. According to Meretzky, the final impetus for the project came when Dornbrook read an article about
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began to consider founding an independent game development studio with his friends Mike Dornbrook and Leo DaCosta. The three of them had gone to the
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but it divested all of its multimedia interests following a securities-fraud scandal and the title was purchased by
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Following the 1989 closure of Infocom, Meretzky worked on a contractual basis for companies such as
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McGowan, Chris (June 12, 1993). "HomeVideo; CD-ROM Unit in Field of Media Vision".
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Look Before You Leap: The Rise and Fall of Boffo Games
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together, and Meretzky had worked with Dornbrook at
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Index


Video games
Steve Meretzky
boffo.us
video game developer
Steve Meretzky
Infocom
Hodj 'n' Podj
The Space Bar
Media Vision
Virgin Interactive
Rocket Science Games
SegaSoft
game's publisher

adding to it
Steve Meretzky
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Infocom
Legend Entertainment
business school
Media Vision
Stan Cornyn
second-in-command
Hodj 'n' Podj
The Space Bar



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