Warren Spector began his career in 1983 in tabletop games with Steve Jackson Games and TSR. He moved into video games in 1989 where he worked at Origin/Electronic Arts and, later, Looking Glass, Ion Storm/Eidos where he directed Deus Ex and others. In 2004 he started Junction Point Studios, later acquired by the Walt Disney Company. After 3 years teaching game development at The University of Texas, he joined Otherside Entertainment as Chief Creative Officer and Game Director. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Columbia College of Chicago, the Game Developers Choice Lifetime Achievement award at the Game Developers Conference and the Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Fun and Serious Games Conference.