Jake Rodkin
Jake Rodkin | |
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 Jake Rodkin at Comic-Con 2007 | |
| Nationality | American |
| 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 its flagship podcast, on which he serves as one of four co-hosts, alongside Chris Remo, Nick Breckon, and Sean Vanaman.
Career
Jake Rodkin began his writing career writing for the gaming websites The International House of Mojo and Adventure Gamers, and co-founded Idle Thumbs.[3] He joined Telltale Games as a graphic designer. He eventually became a game designer, director, writer, and project leader at Telltale. In September 2013, he and Sean Vanaman left Telltale and joined with Olly Moss and Mark of the Ninja lead designer Nels Anderson to found their own studio, Campo Santo.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6] After release, it won the PC Gamer 2009 adventure game of the year,[7] was nominated for the IGN best adventure game of the year for PC and Wii,[8][9] won the Adventure Gamers Best Adventure of 2009,[10] and was named the "Best Series Revival" by OC Weekly.[11]
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".[12]
The 2012 episodic game series The Walking Dead, in which Jake Rodkin was the season co-designer, won over 80 game of the year awards.[13]
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.
- ^ "New studio formed by Walking Dead, Mark of the Ninja devs - Destructoid". Destructoid. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
- ^ "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. January 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Walking Dead from Telltale Games Now Available at Retail in the UK". Just Adventure. 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
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