
Brian Moriarty
American video game developerWikipedia
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Search complete. 3 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Brian Moriarty".
Aug 26, 2026
Invincible Island and Adventure in the Fifth Dimension
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19:41Jason ComptonHOST
let's do it
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19:47Ben CollierHOST
so adventure in the fifth dimension what do we know about this So this was by Brian Moriarty, and that's quite important because Brian wrote rather a few important games, a little bit, perhaps a little more important and more complex than The Adventure in the Fifth Dimension.
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20:06Ben CollierHOST
Brian was responsible for Trinity, Wishbringer, Beyond Zork, and a few others.
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20:12Ben CollierHOST
So this is quite an interesting thing.
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20:34Jason ComptonHOST
That was the April, May 1983 issue.
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20:37Jason ComptonHOST
So, yeah, this is this is essentially an Atari exclusive as initially devised and published.
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20:44Jason ComptonHOST
And note that Brian Moriarty, he's all over that issue of the magazine.
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20:48Jason ComptonHOST
He has two large product review roundups in addition to this game.
Why It Took Jonathan Blow 10 Years to Build His Most Ambitious Game Ever
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56:55Jonathan BlowGUEST
Yeah.
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56:55Jonathan BlowGUEST
And so in Braid, I did special thanks to Brian Moriarty, who was a game designer who I didn't know at the time.
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57:02Jonathan BlowGUEST
I came to know him after that, but I didn't know him at the time.
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57:05Jonathan BlowGUEST
And he had just made a game that inspired me when I was younger.