Jake Rodkin
Jake Rodkin | |
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| Occupation(s) | Game designer, Graphic designer |
Jake "Video Games" Rodkin is an American computer game designer, writer, graphic designer, and podcaster. He was the co-project leader of Tales of Monkey Island. He was the co-project leader and co-writer of The Walking Dead,[1] Poker Night at the Inventory, and Puzzle Agent 2.[2] He was also the director of the fifth episode of Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. He is a co-founder of the Idle Thumbs podcast network and flagship podcast, on which he serves as one of three co-hosts.
Career
Jake Rodkin began his writing career writing for the gaming websites The International House of Mojo and Adventure Gamers, and co-founded of Idle Thumbs.[3] He joined Telltale Games as a graphic designer. He now works there as a game designer, director, writer, and project leader.
Recognition
The re-issue of the comic collection Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway, which Jake Rodkin co-designed with franchise creator Steve Purcell, was nominated for the Eisner Award for "Best Graphic Album-Reprint" in 2009.[4]
Tales of Monkey Island, for which Jake Rodkin was the season co-director, was nominated for "best artistic design" and won for the award for "biggest surprise" at IGN's Best of E3 2009 Awards.[5] After release, it won the PC Gamer 2009 adventure game of the year,[6] was nominated for the IGN best adventure game of the year for PC and Wii,[7][8] won the Adventure Gamers Best Adventure of 2009,[9] and was named the "Best Series Revival" by OC Weekly.[10]
Puzzle Agent 2, which was co-written by Jake Rodkin, was nominated for IGN's Best of E3 2011 Awards for "Best iPhone/iPad Game".[11]
The second episode of The Walking Dead, in which Jake Rodkin was the season co-designer, won the GameSpy E3 2012 award for "Best Adventure Game".[12]
Credited Works
Bibliography
- 2009 Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway (reprint), graphic design (Telltale Games)
Video Games
- Template:Vgy CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder, graphic design (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Bone: The Great Cow Race, graphic design (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Sam & Max Save the World, graphic design (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy CSI: Hard Evidence, graphic design (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space, graphic design (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, graphic design (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, graphic design (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Tales of Monkey Island, co-project leader (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent, writer (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, graphic design, director of The City that Dares Not Sleep (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Hector: Badge of Carnage, additional art (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Jurassic Park: The Game, artist (user interface) (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy Puzzle Agent 2, co-writer, co-project leader (Telltale Games)
- Template:Vgy The Walking Dead, co-project leader (Telltale Games)
References
- ^ "PAX East 2011: Telltale Talks Puzzle Agent 2". Inside Gaming Daily. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- ^ "Puzzle Agent 2 hands-on archived preview". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ^ "Adventure Gamers: Staff bio". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
- ^ "Surfin the Highway Nominated!". Steve Purcell. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ^ "Best of PC E3 2009 Awards". IGN. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ "PC Gamer Game of the Year Awards". PC Gamer. 2010.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Wii Best Adventure Game 2009". IGN. 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
- ^ "PC Best Adventure Game 2009". IGN. 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
- ^ "Best Adventure of 2009". Adventure Gamers. 2009. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
- ^ Mai, Peter (2009-12-22). "Best and Worst Video Games of 2009". OC Weekly. Village Voice Media. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ "E3 2011: Best of E3 Awards". IGN. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
- ^ "GameSpy's Best of E3 2012 Awards". GameSpy. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
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