up opening Cybervision, and asked Laurel to join him on this journey.

Laurel's first games were for the CyberVision 2001 platform, where she worked as a designer, programmer, and manager of educational product design from 1976–1979. She then moved to Atari as a software specialist, later becoming manager of the Home Computer Division for Software Strategy and Marketing, where she worked from 1980 to 1983. After finishing her Ph.D., Laurel worked for Activision