With over 25 years experience, Dallas is a veteran (i.e. old-timer) of the gaming industry. He began his career in 1981 selling Apple II computers in Shreveport, Louisiana. This quickly segued into freelance game authoring with the development and publication of the #1 graphic adventure, The Quest, in 1983. Two years later, he joined Richard and Robert Garriott at Origin Systems as a programmer/designer. In 1986, Richard and Dallas jumped ship from Origin's chilly New Hampshire offices, and founded Origin's product development division in Austin, Texas. Shortly thereafter, Dallas became Origin's Vice President of Product Development. During his ten years at Origin, Dallas managed, produced, or executive produced, over 30 original game titles, including such best-sellers as the Ultima and Wing Commander series. After Origin's acquisition by Electronic Arts in 1992, Dallas became the first General Manger of the Origin division. He took an extended leave-of-absence from the gaming industry in 1996 to explore interests in social/relational psychology. However, the lure of online social games proved more than he could resist, and Dallas rejoined his ex-Origin partners at NCsoft in 2006 as Director of Business Development.  In late 2008, Dallas co-founded The Happy Cooperative, whose purpose is to provide social games and publishing services that foster community and people playing together.