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- Kesmai was a pioneering game developer and online game publisher, founded in 1981 by Kelton Flinn and John Taylor. The company was best known for the combat flight sim Air Warrior on the GEnie online service, one of the first graphical MMOGs, launched in 1987. They also developed an ASCII-based MUD, Island of Kesmai, which ran on CompuServe. The company was acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in 1994. The company continued to develop massively multiplayer games such as Air Warrior 2 and Legends of Kesmai. They distributed their games through AOL and eventually a new gaming service formed with three other publishers, GameStorm. AOL purchased CompuServe in 1997 and retooled its AOL Games Channel in a way that placed Kesmai unfavorably compared to its own games division, WordPlay. Kesmai sued AOL for monopolistic practices. The suit was settled out of court with undisclosed terms. In 1999, the company was sold to Electronic Arts, and the company's studios were subsequently closed in 2001. Upon closure a number of the Kesmai staff went to work for Lodestone Games, also located in Charlottesville, Virginia; while others remained in the former Kesmai offices but became part of EA.com and later Maxis East. Flinn selected the name Kesmai from a set of names that were output by a random name generator that he wrote for in-game use. (en)
- Kesmai，是游戏开发商和发行商，在1981年由凯尔顿弗林和约翰·泰勒成立。该公司最出名的游戏是在1987年推出战斗飞行模拟游戏空中勇士，该工作室还开发了一个基于ASCII的MUD，《Island of Kesmai》，该游戏在CompuServe上运行。 1994年，该公司被默多克鲁伯特的新闻公司收购。该公司不断开发大型多人在线游戏，如《空中勇士2》和《Legends of Kesmai》。该公司将游戏通过AOL发布，并与其他三个发行商游戏服务形成一个游戏服务平台GameStorm。 AOL在1997年收购CompuServe公司并重组了AOL Games Channel，由于该重组对Kesmai不利于Kesmai的游戏部门WordPlay，Kesmai以垄断为由起诉AOL。该诉讼达成庭外和解但是和解条款未公开。 1999年，该公司被卖给美国艺电，该公司的工作室在2001年关闭。而Kesmai的员工则去了Lodestone Games。 弗林称该公司的名字是由游戏中的随机名称生成器产生。 (zh)
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- Kesmai，是游戏开发商和发行商，在1981年由凯尔顿弗林和约翰·泰勒成立。该公司最出名的游戏是在1987年推出战斗飞行模拟游戏空中勇士，该工作室还开发了一个基于ASCII的MUD，《Island of Kesmai》，该游戏在CompuServe上运行。 1994年，该公司被默多克鲁伯特的新闻公司收购。该公司不断开发大型多人在线游戏，如《空中勇士2》和《Legends of Kesmai》。该公司将游戏通过AOL发布，并与其他三个发行商游戏服务形成一个游戏服务平台GameStorm。 AOL在1997年收购CompuServe公司并重组了AOL Games Channel，由于该重组对Kesmai不利于Kesmai的游戏部门WordPlay，Kesmai以垄断为由起诉AOL。该诉讼达成庭外和解但是和解条款未公开。 1999年，该公司被卖给美国艺电，该公司的工作室在2001年关闭。而Kesmai的员工则去了Lodestone Games。 弗林称该公司的名字是由游戏中的随机名称生成器产生。 (zh)
- Kesmai was a pioneering game developer and online game publisher, founded in 1981 by Kelton Flinn and John Taylor. The company was best known for the combat flight sim Air Warrior on the GEnie online service, one of the first graphical MMOGs, launched in 1987. They also developed an ASCII-based MUD, Island of Kesmai, which ran on CompuServe. AOL purchased CompuServe in 1997 and retooled its AOL Games Channel in a way that placed Kesmai unfavorably compared to its own games division, WordPlay. Kesmai sued AOL for monopolistic practices. The suit was settled out of court with undisclosed terms. (en)
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