Randy Farmer

American video game designer Randy FarmerRandy Farmer, 2008BornFrank Randall Farmer (1961-10-16) October 16, 1961 (age 64)New JerseyOccupationsSocial Software Innovator, Author, CEOKnown forHabitat, Yahoo! 360°, Social Media ConsultantSpousePamela FarmerWebsitehttp://habitatchronicles.com/ Frank Randall "Randy" Farmer (born October 16, 1961) is an American game developer, co-creator with Chip Morningstar of one of the first graphical online games, 1985's Habitat. In 2001 he and Morningstar were the first recipients of the Pioneer Award (at the time called the "First Penguin Award") by the International Game Developers Association. Farmer was involved with the creation of Yahoo! 360 and Communities.com, and has published several works on web and game development, social media, and online communities. Biography Farmer was born in New Jersey to Frank and Katherine Farmer, and grew up in Michigan. His interest in computers began as a teenager in 1974, as his Junior High School had access to a teletype. He played an early Star Trek game, Mike Mayfield's STTR1, and learned that he could add modifications to it. He began writing his own games at Henry Ford II High School in 1976, and the