Adrian Crook, Game Consultant

Adrian Crook, Game Consultant

Adrian Crook, senior producer of Triple-A videogames and entertainment, lives in Vancouver, Canada with his wife Lara, sons Oliver and Shepherd, and daughter Indiana. During his 14 year career, Adrian has produced more than a dozen products across numerous platforms, ranging from Sega Genesis and SNES to PlayStation, PS2, PC, Web and Xbox 360. In 2006, Adrian was named Producer of the Year by the Canadian New Media Awards. Also in 2006, Adrian’s Xbox 360 game, The Outfit, was awarded Game of the Year by the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts.

Most recently, Adrian headed up Relic Labs, an internal group at THQ developer Relic Entertainment, where he developed innovative new game concepts utilizing emergent themes such as casual gaming, Web 2.0 and free-to-play business models. He also taught Team Management in the Game Design program at Vancouver Film School.

In January 2008, Adrian founded Compulsion Loop, an independent design consultancy focused on web and console games for a variety of clients. Compulsion Loop’s clients range from traditional game development studios to casual MMO developers, TV production companies, grant agencies and more.

Website:
http://www.adriancrook.com
Categories:
Gaming
Address:
Main St
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Blog Posts About Adrian Crook, Game Consultant

Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News, November 27th
Hard to believe it's only been a week since my last update. Seems like two months. I'm finally back in Vancouver after 3 months and 12,000km on the road - just in time for one of the bigger games... [more]
Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News, September 25th
Today I'm in Grand Forks, North Dakota about to head off to Fargo(!) for lunch, then Minneapolis. If you didn't catch my writeups from GDC Austin lask week, check out my FreeToPlay.biz site (the... [more]
Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News, September 18th
Apologies for the lack of posts lately. I'm in Denver, returning from GDC Austin (excellent this year, thanks for asking). My flight's delayed, so I figured I'd catch up on some Vancouver news. I'm... [more]
Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News, August 28
Slower week for local news, but I thought I'd quickly report a few snippets before turning in for the evening. Doing some late night jamming on work at a Kelowna Starbucks before hitting the road... [more]
Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News, August 21
I missed my update last week as I was enroute to the Okanagan for an extended RV trip. I'm writing this now from the sunny beach in Westbank, so please excuse the delay. While I'm out of town, if... [more]
Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News, August 7
A slow news week coupled with a busier than normal consulting week mean that this Friday's update is a relatively small one. If you'd like to see this situation remedied, please help feed me... [more]
Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News, July 31
For those of you who haven't left work early for the long weekend - or merely to avoid Critical Mass - here is my slanted perspective on the local Vancouver game scene. If you feel I've missed out... [more]
Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News, July 24
I'm currently recovering from four straight days of Casual Connect and the WIGI Leadership Development Forum in Seattle. The conference is focused primarily on sales and marketing in the (very... [more]
Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News, July 17
Another late afternoon post... if the recession hadn't wrecked Beer Fridays for all the local studios, no one would be sober to read this. As always, if you have any Vancouver game industry news... [more]
July 10 - Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News
Apologies for the late afternoon post... I had meant to get this out earlier, but client meetings took precedence. As always, if you have any Vancouver game industry news you think should appear... [more]
July 3rd - Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News
This week's update is a quick one. Thanks for those who've contributed thus far - as always, if you have some Vancouver game industry news, contact me via my website. Diving right in...  ... [more]
June 26 - Weekly Vancouver Game Industry News
Lots of news from the fringe of Vancouver's game industry this week! As always, if you have any tidbits you should be sharing them here, contact me via my website.   No Robots' Jamble Launch... [more]
Weekly News Bits from Vancouver's Game Industry
Every week I cover brief news swept up from the dirty floors of Vancouver's game industry. If you have something you think should be passed along here - a rumour, a tip, a launch, a party, a new... [more]
Weekly News Bits from Vancouver's Game Industry
Every week I'll cover brief news sloughed off the pale underbelly of Vancouver's game industry. If you have something you think should be passed along here - a rumour, a tip, a launch, a party, a... [more]

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