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Steven-Elliot Altman
Altman at San Diego Comicon 2011
Altman at San Diego Comicon 2011
BornLong Beach, New York, U.S.
OccupationNovelist, game writer / director and C.E.O
GenreScience fiction, horror, technology
Notable worksDeprivers (ACE), Shadows Over Baker Street, 9Dragons, Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires, Batman: Fear Itself"
Website
socialimpulse.com

Steven-Elliot Altman is an American author, graphic novelist, video game writer-director, producer, screenwriter and the current chief executive officer of a software company called Social Impulse that services the videogame industry.

Novels

Video games

Graphic novels

Short stories

Screenplays

Videogame field

Altman was hired to join Acclaim Games in 2005 by former Activision co-Founder and Chairman Howard Marks, and mentored in social game metrics by David Perry initially as the writer for the game 9Dragons and later as Game Director/Director of Marketing. Marks eventually gave Altman full directorial control of Acclaim’s download division. Altman also wrote Facebook social games for Acclaim, including Mafia Payoff, and oversaw the hiring, training and content of all writers on all games, including Ponystars, MyDivaDoll and Tribal Nations, while managing staff in multiple global offices. In May 2010, Acclaim was purchased by Playdom, the fourth largest Social Game company, which in turn was acquired by Disney. Altman was offered the opportunity to come on board with Playdom, but declined in lieu of the offer to become an advisory board member of a software company called Manumatix to help develop the popular Bamboo software platform for the branded entertainment space, and eventually found Socialtype LLC. Altman served as the Vice-Chairman elect of the steering committee of the Videogame Division of the Writers Guild of America since 2008 and served as a Finalist Judge for their Video Game Awards from 2009 to 2019. In 2013, Altman wrote and narrative designed the popular Facebook/IOS story-driven Hidden Object game Pearl's Peril for Berlin-based Wooga, currently the fifth biggest video game producer. More recently Altman served as a producer for A+E Networks and The History Channel to oversee the videogame versions of two of their hit television series: Ancient Aliens and Project Blue Book: Hidden Mysteries. He also penned the game Terminator: Dark Fate based on the latest feature film in the Terminator franchise. Altman has done panels on writing for games at the game conventions every year since 2000; from E3, Slush (Finland), Pocket Gamer Connects (UK), Columbia 3.0 (Columbia), Gamescom (Germany), and GDC San Francisco.

Authorial field

Altman is a bestselling Science Fiction author, an outlet that he self-proclaims, "allows him to infuse his passion for technology into envisioning how social networks will transform the society of tomorrow". Altman’s novels include Captain America is Dead, Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires, Batman: Fear Itself, The Killswitch Review, The Irregulars and Deprivers. His writing has inspired illustrations and cover art from artists such as Edward Gorey, John Jude Palencar and Ben Templesmith.

Honors and awards

References

  1. ^ "The Killswitch Review by Steven-Elliot Altman - Best Selling Author". killswitchreview.com. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Irregulars TPB: Profile". Dark Horse Comics. March 9, 2005. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  3. ^ Deprivers gets TV pact Variety.com. [dead link]
  4. ^ Fleming, Michael (September 27, 2007). "Russell Mulcahy to direct 'Vampires'". Variety. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  5. ^ Writers Guild of America WGA.
  6. ^ Writers Guild of Canada WGC.
  7. ^ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America SFWA.
  8. ^ Horror Writers Association HWA.
  9. ^ MMOsite website MMOSite.
  10. ^ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Game Challenge.
  11. ^ Develop Awards.
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