Last Lecture Author & Alice Founder Pausch Dies at 47
Randy Pausch, a pioneer of educational videogaming, passed away this week from cancer at age 47. Pausch’s “Last Lecture,” videotaped at Carnegie Mellon where he taught, became an internet sensation last year. I linked to The Wall Street Journal article by Jeffrey Zaslow last September, and inadvertently misspelled Dr. Pausch’s last name. Google sent hundreds of visitors to this blog who made the same mistake.
Zaslow went on to co-author a book with Pausch, which has topped the best seller lists. Pausch is beloved by educational videogame enthusiasts because he was one of the founders of Alice, a popular software program for creating animation projects and teaching aspiring programmers how to code. Alice continues to be hosted by Carnegie Mellon. Dr. Pausch will be missed.
Tags: Alice, Jeff Zaslow, Last Lecture, Randy Pausch
Carnegie Mellon, Game Discussion, Game Writing, Making Video Games, Media, WSJ | John Rice | 
July 25, 2008 6:52 pm
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