History Creator / BrianEddy

As a child of TheSeventies, Brian grew up as a fan of both VideoGames and {{Pinball}}. He developed his early programming skills by writing his first games in assembly language on the Platform/VIC20 and the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}}. After graduating from Macomb Community College in Milwaukee, he moved to Chicago, IL and joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics at the age of 21. He started as an effects programmer on ''Mousin' Around!'' and ''Bad Cats,'' then moved up to become a lead programmer for ''Pool Sharks, Pinball/TheMachineBrideOfPinbot, Pinball/BlackRose,'' and ''Pinball/IndianaJonesThePinballAdventure''.

As a child of TheSeventies, Brian grew up as a fan of both VideoGames and {{Pinball}}. He developed his early programming skills by writing his first games in assembly language on the UsefulNotes/VIC20 and the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}}. After graduating from Macomb Community College in Milwaukee, he moved to Chicago, IL and joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics at the age of 21. He started as an effects programmer on ''Mousin' Around!'' and ''Bad Cats,'' then moved up to become a lead programmer for ''Pool Sharks, Pinball/TheMachineBrideOfPinbot, Pinball/BlackRose,'' and ''Pinball/IndianaJonesThePinballAdventure''.

Today, Eddy is an executive at Spooky Cool Labs, a subdivision of Zynga that works on social casino gaming. He returned to the pinball industry as a Senior Game Designer for Creator/{{Stern}} at the tail end of TheNewTens, with 2019's ''Pinball/StrangerThings'' marking the first machine he designed in 22 years.

* ''Pinball/FunHouse'' (Williams, 1990)

* ''Pinball/StrangerThings'' (Stern, 2019)

Oh, he also ''really'' [[EverythingsBetterWithCows likes cows.]] All those [[EasterEggs hidden cows in pinball games]] started with him; see EverythingsBetterWithCows for details.

As a child of TheSeventies, Brian grew up as a fan of both VideoGames and {{Pinball}}. He developed his early programming skills by writing his first games in assembly language on the UsefulNotes/VIC20 and the UsefulNotes/{{Commodore 64}}. After graduating from Macomb Community College in Milwaukee, he moved to Chicago, IL and joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics at the age of 21. He started as an effects programmer on ''Mousin' Around'' and ''Bad Cats,'' then moved up to become a lead programmer for ''Pool Sharks, Pinball/TheMachineBrideOfPinbot, Pinball/BlackRose,'' and ''Pinball/IndianaJonesThePinballAdventure''.

* ''Mousin' Around'' (Bally, 1989)

* ''The Mandalorian'' (Stern, 2021)

By then, Brian felt that he had learned enough to move up to game design, to which Engineering chief Ken Fedesna agreed. Brian's first game was ''Pinball/TheShadow'', which he both designed and programmed; he admits that it was a learning experience that taught him about the need to include and exclude game elements for balance. He followed that up with ''Pinball/AttackFromMars, Pinball/MedievalMadness,'' and ''[[VideoGame/HydroThunder Arctic Thunder]]''. After the closure of Williams' pinball division in 1999, Eddy moved to Midway Games, where he worked on ''VideoGame/PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat: Deception''.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat: Deception'' (Midway Games, 2004)

->"Before working on ''[[VideoGame/PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy Psi-Ops]]'' I spent 17 years working in the covert U.S. government Psi-Ops program officially know as Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}} (it's unclassified now so you can look it up). I was a remote viewing (RV) specialist and served in all the major wars and events of the last century. I was able to pinpoint enemy installations from thousands of miles away. After that I spent 12 years in a [[TheShangriLa Tibetan temple learning the ways of the Lama Priests]]. It was there that I learned the story of Reiki and how to harness my [[LifeEnergy Universal Life Force Energy]]. I then I spent 22 years working as a [[BurgerFool head fry cook at Burger Barn]] honing my life skills. Or maybe [[MostGamersAreMale I just love to play games]]."
-->--Interview, 2004

* ''Pinball/MousinAround'' (Bally, 1989)
* ''Pinball/BadCats'' (Williams, 1989)
* ''Pinball/PoolSharks'' (Bally, 1990)
* ''Pinball/{{Funhouse}}'' (Williams, 1990)

* ''Pinball/StrangerThings'' (Stern, 2019)

Today, Eddy is an executive at Spooky Cool Labs, a subdivision of Zynga that works on social casino gaming. He returned to the pinball industry as a Senior Game Designer for Creator/{{Stern}} at the tail end of TheNewTens, with 2019's ''Pinball/StrangerThings'' marking the first game he designed in 21 years.

By then, Brian felt that he had learned enough to move up to game design, to which Engineering chief Ken Fedesna agreed. Brian's first game was ''Pinball/TheShadow,'' which he both designed and programmed; he admits that it was a learning experience, that taught him about the need to include and exclude game elements for balance. He followed that up with ''Pinball/AttackFromMars, Pinball/MedievalMadness,'' and ''[[VideoGame/HydroThunder Arctic Thunder]]''. After the closure of Williams' pinball division in 1999, Eddy moved to Midway Games, where he worked on ''VideoGame/PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat: Deception''.

Today, Eddy is an executive at Spooky Cool Labs, a subdivision of Zynga that works on social casino gaming.

Recently, it was announced at the Texas Pinball Festival that Brian will be returning to pinball as a Senior Game Designer for Stern Pinball, with his first title in 21 years being slated for a 2019 release

* Untitled Pinball Project (Stern, 2019)

->"Before working on ''[[VideoGame/PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy Psi-Ops]]'' I spent 17 years working in the covert U.S. government Psi-Ops program officially know as [[StargateVerse Stargate]] (it's unclassified now so you can look it up). I was a remote viewing (RV) specialist and served in all the major wars and events of the last century. I was able to pinpoint enemy installations from thousands of miles away. After that I spent 12 years in a [[TheShangriLa Tibetan temple learning the ways of the Lama Priests]]. It was there that I learned the story of Reiki and how to harness my [[LifeEnergy Universal Life Force Energy]]. I then I spent 22 years working as a [[BurgerFool head fry cook at Burger Barn]] honing my life skills. Or maybe [[MostGamersAreMale I just love to play games]]."

* ''VideoGame/{{Stranglehold}}'' (Midway Games, 2007)

Brian Eddy is a longtime designer of UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s, {{Pinball}}s, and VideoGames.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat: Deception'' (Midway Games, 2004)

Brian Eddy is a longtime designer of {{Arcade Game}}s, {{Pinball}}s, and VideoGames.

As a child of TheSeventies, Brian grew up as a fan of both VideoGames and {{Pinball}}. He developed his early programming skills by writing his first games in assembly language on the UsefulNotes/VIC20 and the {{Commodore 64}}. After graduating from Macomb Community College in Milwaukee, he moved to Chicago, IL and joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics at the age of 21. He started as an effects programmer on ''Mousin' Around'' and ''Bad Cats,'' then moved up to become a lead programmer for ''Pool Sharks, Pinball/TheMachineBrideOfPinbot, Pinball/BlackRose,'' and ''Pinball/IndianaJonesThePinballAdventure''.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat: Deception'' (Midway Games, 2004)

As a child of TheSeventies, Brian grew up as a fan of both VideoGames and {{Pinball}}. He developed his early programming skills by writing his first games in assembly language on the {{VIC-20}} and the {{Commodore 64}}. After graduating from Macomb Community College in Milwaukee, he moved to Chicago, IL and joined Creator/WilliamsElectronics at the age of 21. He started as an effects programmer on ''Mousin' Around'' and ''Bad Cats,'' then moved up to become a lead programmer for ''Pool Sharks, Pinball/TheMachineBrideOfPinbot, Pinball/BlackRose,'' and ''Pinball/IndianaJonesThePinballAdventure''.

->"Before working on ''[[VideoGame/PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy Psi-Ops]]'' I spent 17 years working in the covert U.S. government Psi-Ops program officially know as [[StargateVerse Stargate]] (it's unclassified now so you can look it up). I was a remote viewing (RV) specialist and served in all the major wars and events of the last century. I was able to pinpoint enemy installations from thousands of miles away. After that I spent 12 years in a [[ShamgriLa Tibetan temple learning the ways of the Lama Priests]]. It was there that I learned the story of Reiki and how to harness my [[LifeEnergy Universal Life Force Energy]]. I then I spent 22 years working as a [[BurgerFool head fry cook at Burger Barn]] honing my life skills. Or maybe [[MostGamersAreMale I just love to play games]]."

* ''Pinball/MousinAround''
* ''Pinball/BadCats''
* ''Pinball/PoolSharks'' (Williams, 1990)

* ''Pinball/BlackRose'' (Williams, 1992)

* ''Pinball/TheShadow'' (Williams, 1994)
* ''Pinball/AttackFromMars'' (Williams, 1995)

* ''Pinball/SpiderManStern'' (Stern Pinball, 2007)

->"Before working on Psi-Ops I spent 17 years working in the covert U.S. government Psi-Ops program officially know as [[StargateVerse Stargate]] (it's unclassified now so you can look it up). I was a remote viewing (RV) specialist and served in all the major wars and events of the last century. I was able to pinpoint enemy installations from thousands of miles away. After that I spent 12 years in a [[ShamgriLa Tibetan temple learning the ways of the Lama Priests]]. It was there that I learned the story of Reiki and how to harness my [[LifeEnergy Universal Life Force Energy]]. I then I spent 22 years working as a [[BurgerFool head fry cook at Burger Barn]] honing my life skills. Or maybe [[MostGamersAreMale I just love to play games]]."

->"Before working on Psi-Ops I spent 17 years working in the covert U.S. government Psi-Ops program officially know as Stargate (it's unclassified now so you can look it up). I was a remote viewing (RV) specialist and served in all the major wars and events of the last century. I was able to pinpoint enemy installations from thousands of miles away. After that I spent 12 years in a Tibetan temple learning the ways of the Lama Priests. It was there that I learned the story of Reiki and how to harness my Universal Life Force Energy. I then I spent 22 years working as a head fry cook at Burger Barn honing my life skills. Or maybe I just love to play games."

* ''Pinball/Bad Cats''

By then, Brian felt that he had learned enough to move up to game design, to which Engineering chief Ken Fedesna agreed. Brian's first game was ''Pinball/TheShadow,'' which he both designed and programmed; he admits that it was a learning experience, that taught him about the need to include and exclude game elements for balance. He followed that up with ''Pinball/AttackFromMars, Pinball/MedievalMadness,'' and ''VideoGame/ArcticThunder''. After the closure of Williams' pinball division in 1999, Eddy moved to Midway Games, where he worked on ''VideoGame/PsiOpsTheMindgateConspiracy'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat: Deception''.

* ''VideoGame/ArcticThunder'' (Midway Games, 2001)

* ''Pinball/SpiderManStern'' (Stern Pinball, 2007)