Ryan C. Gordon

Ryan C. Gordon
Ryan C. Gordon giving a talk at the SouthEast LinuxFest on June 13, 2009.
Residence	Charlotte, North Carolina
Other names	icculus
Employer	Loki Software (formerly)
Spouse(s)	Carrie (2010-present)
Children	Olive Finch Gordon
Website	Official website

Ryan C. Gordon (also known as icculus) is a computer programmer and former Loki Software employee who is now responsible for icculus.org, which hosts many Loki Software projects as well as several new projects created by himself and others. Gordon's site hosts projects with the code from such commercial games as Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Quake III Arena and many other free and open source projects for multiple platforms.

Gordon has also created ports of proprietary software products to the Linux and Mac OS X platforms. These include being hired to port most of the Unreal Tournament series, some of the Serious Sam series, the official Postal series, some Tripwire Interactive and Coffee Stain Studios titles, and Prey. He has also been involved in porting several non-gaming products such as Second Life and Google Earth. Some, such as Candy Cruncher and Postal 2, have been published by Linux Game Publishing. He has also been described alongside Edward Rudd as being "instrumental" in ensuring the multi-platform nature of the Humble Indie Bundle initiatives.

Gordon grew up just outside Philadelphia, going to college in Charlotte, North Carolina where he currently resides. On January 3, 2010 he became engaged to his girlfriend Carrie and they were married later that year. On January 31, 2012 his wife gave birth to their first child, Olive Finch Gordon. He is also a founding member of the BareBones Theatre Group in Charlotte.