<s>
Kesmai	B-Application
was	O
a	O
pioneering	O
game	O
developer	O
and	O
online	O
game	O
publisher	O
,	O
founded	O
in	O
1981	O
by	O
Kelton	O
Flinn	O
and	O
John	O
Taylor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
the	O
combat	O
flight	B-Application
sim	I-Application
Air	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
on	O
the	O
GEnie	B-Language
online	O
service	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
graphical	O
MMOGs	B-Application
,	O
launched	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
developed	O
an	O
ASCII-based	O
MUD	B-Application
,	O
Island	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Kesmai	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
ran	O
on	O
CompuServe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
games	O
such	O
as	O
Air	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Legends	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Kesmai	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
distributed	O
their	O
games	O
through	O
AOL	O
and	O
eventually	O
a	O
new	O
gaming	O
service	O
formed	O
with	O
three	O
other	O
publishers	O
,	O
GameStorm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOL	O
purchased	O
CompuServe	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
retooled	O
its	O
AOL	O
Games	O
Channel	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
that	O
placed	O
Kesmai	B-Application
unfavorably	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
games	O
division	O
,	O
WordPlay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kesmai	B-Application
sued	O
AOL	O
for	O
monopolistic	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
closure	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
the	O
Kesmai	B-Application
staff	O
went	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
Lodestone	O
Games	O
,	O
also	O
located	O
in	O
Charlottesville	O
,	O
Virginia	B-Application
;	O
while	O
others	O
remained	O
in	O
the	O
former	O
Kesmai	B-Application
offices	O
but	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
EA.com	O
and	O
later	O
Maxis	O
East	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flinn	O
selected	O
the	O
name	O
Kesmai	B-Application
from	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
names	O
that	O
were	O
output	O
by	O
a	O
random	O
name	O
generator	O
that	O
he	O
wrote	O
for	O
in-game	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
