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| − | [[ | + | [[File:Braben.jpg|thumb|right|220px|David Braben, co-author of Elite and owner of Frontier Developments]] |
| − | David Braben is the co-author of [[classic Elite]], along with [[Ian Bell]], and the author of [[Frontier|Frontier: Elite | + | David Braben is the co-author of [[classic Elite]], along with [[Ian Bell]], and the author of [[Frontier|Frontier: Elite II]] and [[First Encounters|Frontier: First Encounters]]. He is currently the head of the Cambridge company he founded, [[Frontier Developments]]. |
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David Braben got his nickname "The Breadbin" in the Elite community thanks to a publicity photograph of himself in his kitchen, in which the breadbin particularly stood out. (The original alt.fan.elite Usenet article that originated the "Breadbin" nickname was started by Rob Pfeifer on June 12th 1999 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.elite/browse_thread/thread/718e1b44ef41209c/157e2cdf31addeb3?lnk=st&q=breadbin+group%3Aalt.fan.elite&rnum=281#157e2cdf31addeb3] ) | David Braben got his nickname "The Breadbin" in the Elite community thanks to a publicity photograph of himself in his kitchen, in which the breadbin particularly stood out. (The original alt.fan.elite Usenet article that originated the "Breadbin" nickname was started by Rob Pfeifer on June 12th 1999 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.elite/browse_thread/thread/718e1b44ef41209c/157e2cdf31addeb3?lnk=st&q=breadbin+group%3Aalt.fan.elite&rnum=281#157e2cdf31addeb3] ) | ||
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David Braben is the co-author of classic Elite, along with Ian Bell, and the author of Frontier: Elite II and Frontier: First Encounters. He is currently the head of the Cambridge company he founded, Frontier Developments.
Trivia
David Braben got his nickname "The Breadbin" in the Elite community thanks to a publicity photograph of himself in his kitchen, in which the breadbin particularly stood out. (The original alt.fan.elite Usenet article that originated the "Breadbin" nickname was started by Rob Pfeifer on June 12th 1999 [1] )
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