[3][4] He served in the United States Army for three years starting in 1969, and was stationed at Fort Shafter in Oahu, Hawaii.

[5]: 34 [7] In 1972, he was discharged from the Army and went to college part time, eventually earning an accounting degree from Arizona State University.

[8] According to Shannon Appelcline, The computer cost $14,000 and came with 4k of memory, a teletype input, and a tape reader and punch for mass storage.

[5]: 35 [10] Ken St. Andre asked Loomis to sell 40 copies of Tunnels & Trolls at Origins in July 1975, and when those sold out Flying Buffalo acquired the rights to the game and published their own second edition in December 1975.

[5]: 36  Loomis wrote Buffalo Castle (1976) based on a suggestion from a friend to make a dungeon adventure book that allows the player to choose an answer and turn to another page.

"[13] When the company's lease on their headquarters ran out in 1985, Loomis moved the offices of Flying Buffalo to a farmhouse he had inherited in Scottsdale, Arizona.

[25] In March 2019 Flying Buffalo announced the Kickstarter for the Combined Edition of Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes.

A GoFundMe page and a Bundle of Holding offer (Catalyst 2019) were set up to solicit donations for his medical bills.