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American video game designer
Jake Rodkin
Rodkin in 2007
Born
Petaluma, California, U.S.
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Game designer, graphic designer
Jake Rodkin is an American video game designer, writer, graphic designer, and podcaster. He was the co-project leader of Tales of Monkey Island and 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, and designer and writer of Firewatch.
Rodkin co-founded the video game developer Campo Santo with Sean Vanaman, Nels Anderson and Olly Moss, and joined Valve when Campo Santo was acquired by the company in 2018. Outside the video game industry, Rodkin also co-founded the Idle Thumbs podcast network and its flagship podcast, which he co-hosted alongside Chris Remo, Nick Breckon and Sean Vanaman.
^"PAX East 2011: Telltale Talks Puzzle Agent 2". Inside Gaming Daily. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^"Puzzle Agent 2 hands-on archived preview". Adventure Gamers. June 10, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
JakeRodkin is an American video game designer, writer, graphic designer, and podcaster. He was the co-project leader of Tales of Monkey Island and the...
game was directed by Olly Moss and Sean Vanaman, written by Chris Remo, JakeRodkin, Moss and Vanaman, and produced by Gabe McGill and artist Jane Ng. The...
Games. Archived from the original on 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2009-12-12. Rodkin, Jake (2009-07-05). "Tales of Monkey Island: I wonder what happens." Telltale...
narrative aspects of these games into their own products. Sean Vanaman and JakeRodkin, co-writers of the first season of The Walking Dead, decided to leave...
Double Fine Productions), Nick Breckon (formerly of Telltale Games), JakeRodkin and Sean Vanaman (Valve formerly Campo Santo, and Telltale Games), Danielle...
Lantinga Mike Morasky Olly Moss Brad Muir Gabe Newell Jay Pinkerton JakeRodkin Sean Vanaman Robin Walker Erik Wolpaw Former Michael Abrash Mike Ambinder...
character and possible interactions between the characters; according to JakeRodkin, Telltale's graphic designer, they wrote more lines of dialog for the...
In early 2014, he left Double Fine to join his Idle Thumbs co-hosts JakeRodkin and Sean Vanaman at Campo Santo, where he contributed to the studio's...
at the Inventory and The Walking Dead. On September 18, 2013, he and JakeRodkin left Telltale and joined with Olly Moss and Mark of the Ninja lead designer...
lead designer Nels Anderson joined with former Telltale Games employees JakeRodkin and Sean Vanaman to found Campo Santo. Moss worked closely on the design...
gets 'Oswald' for Al Michaels". ESPN.com. February 9, 2006. Chris Remo, JakeRodkin, Sean Vanaman (March 10, 2011). "The Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2011: GDC...
original on March 1, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018. Chris Remo, JakeRodkin, Sean Vanaman (March 10, 2011). "The Idle Thumbs Conf Grenade 2011: GDC...
(2012) – Story Consultant & Co-wrote the game with Sean Vanaman and JakeRodkin The Walking Dead: 400 Days (2013) – Co-wrote the game with Sean Ainsworth...
have careers in the game industry, both in development and journalism. JakeRodkin, Andrew Langley, Doug Tabacco and David Eggers even had stints at Telltale...
2007-07-24. Archived from the original on 2007-12-31. Retrieved 2009-02-10. Rodkin, Jake (2004-03-05). "Steve Purcell comments on Sam & Max 2's cancellation"...
Musical Theatre and Songwriting; an in-depth conversation". 18 July 2016. Rodkin, Dennis (19 March 2008). "Housing Bulletin—Irene Pritzker Sells Her Kenilworth...
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