Background
Lauren Roosevelt Elliott was born on August 29, 1946, in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the grandson of Hall Roosevelt, brother of Eleanor Roosevelt.
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After graduating from the Millbrook School for Boys, Elliott attended, transferring three years later to the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he received his degree in architecture. Becoming interested in environmental design, he then studied briefly at the University of Pennsylvania under Ian McHarg, followed by two years of graduate work in ecology at the University of California at Davis.
Career
He is recognized as one of the pioneers in the edutainment video game industry. Elliott’s greatest success to date came as the original co-designer for the Carmen Sandiego game series which remains the best-selling edutainment game in history. In 1983, Elliott walked into Broderbund Software in San Rafael, California, with a sketchpad full of game designs and was hired on the provision that he could convince a programmer to take on one of his designs.
Over the next 13-year period he authored and worked on more than 23 titles.
While at Broderbund, Elliott and Gene Portwood were Will Wright"s project managers on his first video game, Raid on Bungeling Bay, in 1984. During the next four years, they produced titles for The Learning Company, Maxis Software, Virgin Software, and The Software Toolworks.
In 2002, Elliott formed Dream Zero, an internet gaming company, later acquired by The Big Network. Syntertainment.com, Mobile Entertainment company
PNN.com, a women"s Social network service and Blog
Saysher.com, a women"s search engine
SaveThisPlace, a social enterprise
SeePort, a video chat company
Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in the United States.A. Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in Europe Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in America"s Past Is Carmen Sandiego? Where in Space Is Carmen Sandiego? Widget Workshop
Marty in Where’s Morgan
Marty and the Trouble with Cheese
Reader Rabbit"s Ready for Letters
Time Riders in American History
Mario is Missing
Mario"s Time Machine
Science Toolkit Master Module
Science Toolkit Speed and Motion
Science Toolkit Body Module
Science Toolkit Earthquake Laboratory
Whistler"s Brother
Captain Goodnight and the Islands of Fear
Galleons of Glory – The Secret Voyage of Magellan
Videocassette Recorder Companion
Shufflepuck Café.
