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Andrew J. Looney (born November 5, 1963), better known as Andy Looney, is an award-winning game designer and computer programmer.
Looney, his wife Kristin Looney, and Alison Frane together run the games company Looney Labs, which has published most of his game designs, such as Fluxx, Chrononauts, and the ''Icehouse'' game system.
The three self-described "Modern Hippie" publish the details of their personal and business life every other Thursday at Wunderland.com.
Before Looney and his wife started Looney Labs, they both worked at NASA, where in 1993 some of Looney's software was launched into orbit as part of the repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope. He then went on to a brief career as a game programmer at Magnet Interactive Studios, where he created that company's only entry to the market, ''Icebreaker''.
Looney holds patent on the game mechanics for Icehouse, IceTowers and Chrononauts:
Looney has won the following game design awards:
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