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John A. Garcia (born 1949) is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is best known as a pioneer of the modern American computer game industry. His early contributions to gaming were partially responsible for the industry’s recovery from the North American video game crash of 1983. == Personal life == Born in Galicia, Spain, Garcia came to the United States at the age of nine. He is the brother of oncologist Dr. Francisco Garcia-Moreno and the father of two.〔(MobyGames - John A. Garcia )〕 After receiving a degree in Psychology at DePaul University, Garcia went on to study film at the London Film School〔 with other notable entertainment industry figures including Michael Mann. In the early 1980s, realizing the potential behind the nascent computer game industry, he gave up his work in film to dedicate himself to his then hobby, computer programming.〔 He went on to become a leader of the computer game industry, introducing innovations that define the modern gaming experience. Currently (2010) he is CEO of NovaLogic, Inc.〔(Corporate History - Novalogic.com )〕 Novalogic was fined $153,500 by the Business Software Alliance after an audit found they had unlicensed copies of software by Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, FileMaker, Macromedia, Microsoft and Symantec.〔(Delta Force Developer NovaLogic Fined for Software Violation at ''Gamasutra.com'' )〕 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「John A. Garcia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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