Software pioneer John Henry Thompson takes us back to the ’90s

John Henry Thompson, postdoc fellow at NYU, was a key figure in the design of Macromedia Director, the predecessor to Adobe Flash. For Black History Month, we talked to Thompson about his career and how Director enabled artists to develop games and animation without knowing how to code. We’re joined by Larry Kuperman of Nightdive Studios, which specializes in restoring classic games.

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