Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play

Warren SpectorFounder, Junction Point Studios

In nearly three decades, Warren Spector has created or cocreated several of the greatest franchises ever conceived, including the System Shock, Deus Ex, and Thief series. He has earned himself a well-deserved reputation as one of the video-game industry’s most highly regarded game designers.

Spector founded Junction Point Studios in 2005 and spent the next two years pursuing an opening to develop his own ideas. However, through Spector’s relationship with the Creative Artists Agency, he was presented ...