Jake Rodkin

Jake Rodkin
Jake Rodkin portrait by Ray Chen, 2014
Born	Petaluma, California, United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Video Games
Occupation	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,Poker Night at the Inventory, and Puzzle Agent 2. He was also the director of the fifth episode of Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse.

Besides the video game industry, he is also a co-founder of the Idle Thumbs podcast network and its flagship podcast, which he co-hosts alongside Chris Remo, Nick Breckon and Sean Vanaman, and is a co-founder of the video game developer Campo Santo, along with Vanaman, Nels Anderson and Olly Moss.

Jake Rodkin began his career writing for the gaming websites The International House of Mojo and Adventure Gamers, and co-founded Idle Thumbs. He joined Telltale Games as a graphic designer. He eventually became a game designer, director, writer, and project leader at Telltale. In September 2013, he and Sean Vanaman left Telltale and joined with Olly Moss and Mark of the Ninja lead designer Nels Anderson to found their own studio, Campo Santo.

The re-issue of the comic collection Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway, which Jake Rodkin co-designed with franchise creator Steve Purcell, was nominated for the Eisner Award for "Best Graphic Album-Reprint" in 2009.