Mark Darin
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| Occupation | Game designer, graphic designer, writer |
Mark Darin is an American computer game designer and writer. He was the co-designer of CSI: Hard Evidence, Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Tales of Monkey Island,[1] and Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent. He wrote the second episode of The Walking Dead, Starved for Help.[2]
Career
Mark Darin began his career creating the Nick Bounty series of freeware adventure games.[3] He joined Telltale Games as a lead designer and writer.
Recognition
Tales of Monkey Island, for which Mark Darin was the co-designer, was nominated for "best artistic design" and won for the award for "biggest surprise" at IGN's Best of E3 2009 Awards.[4] After release, it won the PC Gamer 2009 adventure game of the year,[5] was nominated for the IGN best adventure game of the year for PC and Wii,[6][7] won the Adventure Gamers Best Adventure of 2009,[8] and was named the "Best Series Revival" by OC Weekly.[9]
The second episode of The Walking Dead, which Mark Darin wrote, won the GameSpy E3 2012 award for "Best Adventure Game".[10]
Games
- 2008 CSI: Hard Evidence, co-designer (Telltale Games)
- 2008 Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space, co-designer (Telltale Games)
- 2008 Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, co-designer (Telltale Games)
- 2009 Tales of Monkey Island, co-designer (Telltale Games)
- 2010 Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent, co-designer (Telltale Games)
- 2011 Hector: Badge of Carnage, design, script editing (Telltale Games)
- 2011 Jurassic Park: The Game, co-designer (The Calvary) (Telltale Games)
- 2012 Law & Order: Legacies, additional design (Telltale Games)
- 2012 The Walking Dead, writer (Starved for Help) (Telltale Games)
- 2013 The Walking Dead: 400 Days, co-designer, co-writer (Telltale Games)
- 2014 The Walking Dead: Season Two, additional design (Telltale Games)
References
- ↑ "Interview – Tales of Monkey Island interview". bit-tech. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ "The Walking Dead's Faces of Death: Part 2". Giant Bomb. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Pinhead Games – Mark Darin". Just Adventure. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Best of PC E3 2009 Awards". IGN. June 11, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ↑ "PC Gamer Game of the Year Awards". PC Gamer. January 2010.
- ↑ "Wii Best Adventure Game 2009". IGN. 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ↑ "PC Best Adventure Game 2009". IGN. 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Best Adventure of 2009". Adventure Gamers. 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
- ↑ Mai, Peter (December 22, 2009). "Best and Worst Video Games of 2009". OC Weekly. Village Voice Media. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ↑ "GameSpy's Best of E3 2012 Awards". GameSpy. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
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