page_title: Kelton Flinn
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caption_attribution_description: English: Kelton Flinn receving the “Online Game Legend award” at the Game Developers Choice Online Awards in 2011. Français&#160;: Kelton Flinn recevant le “Online Game Legend award” à la Game Developers Choice Online Awards in 2011.
context_page_description: Kelton Flinn is an American computer game designer who is a major pioneer in online games. He is a co-founder of the seminal online game company Kesmai, which they began in 1982. His best known title is the first graphical multi-player online game offered by a major service, Air Warrior.
context_section_description: Kelton Flinn is an American computer game designer who is a major pioneer in online games.  He is a co-founder (with his University of Virginia classmate John Taylor) of the seminal online game company Kesmai, which they began in 1982.  His best known title is the first graphical multi-player online game offered by a major service, Air Warrior (1987).
caption: Kelton Flinn at the Game Developers Choice Online Awards in 2011.
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