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Bill Kunkel (July 21, 1950 – September 4, 2011) was the executive editor of ''Electronic Games Magazine'' in the early 1980s. More recently, Kunkel was editor-in-chief of ''Tips & Tricks'' magazine from January 2007 until August 2007 when it ceased publication. His nickname is "The Game Doctor" based on a column he has written for several magazines (including both versions of ''Electronic Games'', ''VG&CE'', ''EGM'', and ''CGW'') and game sites (including HappyPuppy.com, PostalNation.net and J2Games.com). Kunkel was a game journalist, author of numerous strategy guides, a game designer, expert witness and taught several courses in Game Design for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He remained active in the industry until his death, having served as editor-in-chief of ''Tips & Tricks'' during its final year of publication (2007). He continued to be active as a member of Running With Scissors and EIC of Postal Nation (PostalNation.net) and wrote regularly for J2Games.com. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Classic Gaming Expo in 1999 along with the other co-founders of the original ''Electronic Games'' magazine, Arnie Katz and Joyce Worley-Katz. The trio revived the ''Electronic Games'' title for several years in the early 90s for Sendai/Decker. As Subway Software, the trio were involved as designers on well over a dozen video and computer games, including ''Bart's Nightmare'' (Acclaim) and ''Batman Returns'' (Konami). Dubbed "The Grandfather of video game journalism," Kunkel published his memoirs under the title ''Confessions of The Game Doctor'' (RolentaPress.com). The Society of Professional Journalists honored this role by naming their awards for video game journalism the Kunkel Awards.〔https://www.spj.org/kunkel.asp〕 Kunkel is also well known for having been a ground-breaking wrestling journalist and cartoonist beginning in the 1970s. He wrote for comics, with stories being published at DC in 1977–1978 including ''Superman'', ''Madame Xanadu'', and ''Vigilante'' and at Marvel, ''Spider-Man'' in 1978–1979.〔http://www.comics.org/writer/name/bill%20kunkel/sort/alpha/.〕 Starting in 1979, he wrote ''Richie Rich'' for Harvey Comics. He was the "must-read" columnist during the early days of ''Pro Wrestling Torch'' playing a key part in turning the small newsletter into a wrestling newsletter powerhouse. Kunkel later moved to ''Wrestling Perspective'' as a featured columnist and cartoonist. Along with the Phantom of the Ring, Kunkel's work for ''Wrestling Perspective'' attracted respect and prestige to the publication. ==Sources== * Miner 2049er Information Page, 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Kunkel (gaming)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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