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==Video game and writing career==
Day and Andrew Lunstad founded a video game company in 1993 named Fenris Wolf. They developed the game ''Rebel Moon'' in 1995, and its sequel ''[[Rebel Moon Rising]]'' in 1997.<ref name=MobyGames>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/company/fenris-wolf-ltd|title=Fenris Wolf Ltd.|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref> [[Computer Gaming World]] described Rebel Moon Rising as technologically innovative and "highly creative", and declared that its escort missions broke new ground in 3D shooter mission design.<ref name=Computer Gaming World, September 1997 >{{cite web|url=http://alpenwolf.com/?page_id=49|title=Lunar Travels: Liberate the Moon in Fenris Wolf's First-Person Rebel Moon Sequel|accessdate=2015-02-17}}</ref> Fenris Wolf was developing two games, ''Rebel Moon Revolution'' and ''Traveler'' for the Sega Dreamcast, when it closed in 1999 after a legal dispute with its retail publisher [[GT Interactive]].<ref name=IGN>{{cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/066/066861p1.html|title=Fenris Wolf Sues GT Interactive: Developer of Rebel Moon Series Charges Breach of Contract|publisher=IGN|date=February 11, 1999|accessdate=2010-05-18}}</ref> In 1999, under the name Eternal Warriors, Day and Lunstad released ''[[The War in Heaven]]'', a biblical video game published by Valusoft and distributed by GT Interactive.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E13F63D5D0C7B8DDDA90994D1494D81&fta=y&archive:article_related| title = It's Demons vs. Angels in Computer Game With a Religious Theme|last=Lohr|first=Steve|publisher=The New York Times|date=October 18, 1999|accessdate=2010-05-18}}</ref> Day holds the design patent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=clDJAAAAEBAJ&dq=D602,493|title=United States Patent Number: D602493}}</ref> for WarMouse, a computer mouse with 18 buttons, a scroll wheel, a thumb-operated joystick, and 512k of memory.<ref>{{cite web|title=WarMouse Meta review|first=Joanna|last=Stern|work=[[Engadget]]|url=http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/warmouse-meta-review/}}</ref> Day was an early supporter of [[Gamergate]] and hosted the GGinParis meetup in July 2015 with [[Milo Yiannopoulos]] and Mike Cernovich.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2015/07/15/a-la-rencontre-du-gamergate-le-mouvement-libertarien-qui-veut-defendre-ses-jeux-video_4683912_4408996.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_term=Autofeed#meter_toaster|title=A la rencontre du GamerGate, le mouvement libertarien qui veut défendre " ses " jeux vidéo|author=Audureau, William|publisher=Le Monde|accessdate=16 January 2016}}</ref>
Day first began writing under the name Vox Day for a weekly video game review column in the [[St. Paul Pioneer Press]],<ref name=GAMA>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/newswire/industry_analysis/19980731/pitch_07.htm |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080307060743/http://www.gamasutra.com/newswire/industry_analysis/19980731/pitch_07.htm|archivedate=2008-03-07|title=Fenris Wolf|publisher=Gamasutra|first=Tom|last=Loftus|date=July 31, 1998|accessdate=2011-11-20}}</ref> and later continued to use the pen name for a weekly [[WorldNetDaily]] opinion column. His columns have been nationally syndicated three times, once by Chronicle Features and twice by Universal Press Syndicate.<ref name=booklist>{{cite web |url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/Theodore-Beale/author|title=List of Books by Theodore Beale|accessdate=14 Jan 2016}}</ref> In 2000, Day published his first solo novel, ''The War in Heaven'', the first in a series of fantasy novels with a religious theme; entitled ''The Eternal Warriors.'' The novel investigates themes "about good versus evil among angels, fallen and otherwise".<ref name=PW>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20010416/29367-other-worlds-suffused-with-religion.html|title=Other Worlds, Suffused With Religion|publisher=Publishers Weekly|last=Winston|first=Kimberly|date=April 16, 2001|accessdate=2011-11-20}}</ref>
Day currently produces a pair of blogs called Vox Popoli and Alpha Game. Vox Popoli is his primary outlet for commentary and had traffic of 16.2 million pageviews in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/01/traffic-report-2015.html|title=Traffic Report 2015|accessdate=16 Feb 2016}}</ref> He also produces the blog Alpha Game, which focuses on male-female relations and the socio-sexual hierarchy, particularly from a married Christian perspective. Alpha Game had 4.6 million pageviews in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/01/traffic-report-2015.html|title=Traffic Report 2015|accessdate=16 Feb 2016}}</ref>
 
==Technology==
Day was an early champion of 3D CAD hardware in video games. As the Transdimensional Evangelist for [[ARTIST Graphics]], he named the 3GA chip and trademarked the term [[3D Blaster]], but later gave the trademark to [[Creative Labs]].
 
In 2002, Day created a system to use 3D videogame technology to sell real estate called 3DH. The technology was received well by real estate agents in Minnesota after being the subject of a local news report on [[KARE 11]] by reporter [[Rick Kupchella]], but Day shut down the company after learning that agents were not willing to use it for all their listings, but were only using it to acquire expensive listings they would not have otherwise been able to land.
 
Day holds the design patent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=clDJAAAAEBAJ&dq=D602,493|title=United States Patent Number: D602493}}</ref> for WarMouse, a computer mouse with 18 buttons, a scroll wheel, a thumb-operated joystick, and 512k of memory.<ref>{{cite web|title=WarMouse Meta review|first=Joanna|last=Stern|work=[[Engadget]]|url=http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/warmouse-meta-review/}}</ref>
 
In 2016, Day designed a system intended to reduce bias by eliminating centralized control of the content on online encyclopedias. With the help of 172 of his readers, he created [[Infogalactic]], where he is the Lead Designer and a member of the [[Infogalactic:Council|Star Council]].
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