Short answers, pulled from the story.
Eric Goldberg designed the game Commando published by Simulations Publications, Incorporated in the late 1970s. This man-to-man tactical combat game introduced character creation and skill systems to the wargaming table.
Eric Goldberg and Greg Costikyan left West End Games to form their own company in January 1987. They established Goldberg Associates to seek creative freedom and control over their intellectual property.
A judge ruled in favor of Eric Goldberg and Greg Costikyan regarding the rights to Paranoia in 2000. This legal victory allowed them to license Paranoia to Mongoose Publishing which began producing new books for the game in 2004.
Eric Goldberg and Raph Koster founded Playable Worlds in 2019 to develop the massively multiplayer online game Stars Reach. The team collaborated with the online fan community through an official blog and Paranoia-Live.net.
The three friends who developed the concept for the role-playing game Paranoia were Eric Goldberg, Greg Costikyan, and Dan Gelber. Gelber ran a local game group and developed a rough concept that Goldberg and Costikyan transformed into a full manuscript.