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Justin Kwok's Blog

Justin Kwok is an acclaimed Game Designer/Producer who has shipped over 30 games across multiple platforms including Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Nintendo DS and more.

Born and raised in Toronto, he has always had a passion for interactive entertainment and started creating games at the age of 8 on his Apple II clone. After numerous careers in biology, sales and a stint in advertising as a copywriter for Leo Burnett, he finally realized his dream of working in video games in 2004 at Groove Games – a Toronto based publisher. He has since worked with companies such as Activision, Disney Interactive, Warner Bros Interactive and many others. Recently, he has helped to shape the next generation of game industry professionals as a Professor of Game Design at George Brown College and as a member of the steering committee of the Toronto Chapter of the IGDA.

Currently, Justin is spending his time as creative director at Blot Interactive, an independent studio, while still searching for the seventh word of the fifth paragraph on page 5 in the manual for King’s Quest 4.

Justin Kwok's Comments

Comment In: Opinion: Xbox One is a desperate prayer to stop time [News - 05/21/2013 - 04:54]

In my opinion, the reason ...

In my opinion, the reason why I was incredibly disappointed is this: r n r nGamers wanted a new way to play games. They got an old way to watch television.

Comment In: Indies to Sony: Let us in! [News - 02/20/2013 - 04:12]

I would recommend starting devs ...

I would recommend starting devs including indie on TRC requirements right from the start. r n r nTCRs, TRCs and Lotcheck are things that tend to hit developers right in the face when they don 't know about them. Even for seasoned developers there doesn 't seem to be much ...

Comment In: The Walking Dead, mirror neurons, and empathy [News - 02/07/2013 - 05:02]

When I was in screenwriting, ...

When I was in screenwriting, we used to have a saying that the best way to make the audience feel an emotion is to show someone else feeling it. r n r nI think that 's the most important take away from this article. I think that brings up another ...

Comment In: Opinion: Meeting with Biden is a mistake for the game industry [News - 01/09/2013 - 04:52]

Here are the two problems ...

Here are the two problems that I see with what this article proposes: r n r n1. If any industry doesn 't think they 're involved and doesn 't show up, nobody would. If you listen to the NRA, they don 't believe that guns are even slightly to blame ...

Comment In: Opinion: Video games and Male Gaze - are we men or boys? [News - 06/29/2012 - 03:51]

I 'm not sure that ...

I 'm not sure that this has been addressed in these comments I 've read a lot of them but not all . r n r nBut I think that there 's a need to address why some males are so offended and reluctant to give up male gaze. Even ...

Comment In: Marketers, start caring about video games, please [News - 12/04/2012 - 04:12]

As someone who used to ...

As someone who used to work in marketing... it 's easy to see where this kind of thing stems from. Marketing is pure numbers. The market for M rated games tend to be dickish young men. At least that 's the way they see it as it 's been that ...

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