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silas warner

The man who made Wolfenstein

Until recently, Kari Ann Owen ran a therapeutic horse ranch in Montana. Now focused on writing and political activism, she isn’t much interested in video games. But she takes her late husband’s legacy very seriously. “He was a genius,” she says of Silas Warner. “And he’s never received the credit or the rewards he was due.”

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Prof. Palmer January 2, 2020January 8, 2025 Apple ][, History, In the News, Wolfenstein

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