Follow her posts and articles about video game translation & localization @KarinESkoog and @LanguageAutoInc.  [Be sure to check out LAI's most popular blog post - the worldwide list of video game conferences for 2013! - featuring key deadlines, registration information, and relevant Twitter pages.] Language Automation, Inc. (LAI) is a Bay Area-based boutique, agile video game localization and technical translation company serving the industry for 20 years, including work for companies like Konami, Ubisoft, Sony, Level Up, and ngmoco.  Contact info@lai.com for more information.

In addition to Karin's position as the Game Localization Marketing Specialist at Language Automation, Inc. (LAI), Karin is a Freelance Game Narrative Designer, Script Writer & Editor, currently working on a Kickstarter RPG, available for other game projects beginning Summer 2013. She holds a M.B.A. in International Management from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and a B.A. in Comparative Literature from San Francisco State University.  Check out her LinkedIn profile for more information.

Other tidbits: Karin is a former Gamestop employee (at East Coast & West Coast locations), game reviewer, and article writer (about video games, of course!).  She's a big fan of strategy games, platformers, RPGs, FPS', and WoW.  (That barely visible pillow in the profile pict is indeed Sephiroth!)  Her favorite Magic card at the moment is Soul Conduit - causing players to switch life totals.  

She also has a chronic problem with getting lost (only virtually, minus that time at Disney's Epcott...), and for that reason, she is grateful for the vast improvements made to maps and directional guidance in-game.