Description

Adrian Crook, independent game producer and designer, lives in Vancouver 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. Adrian writes www.FreeToPlay.biz and has spoken on the subject of free-to-play at conferences such as GDC and SXSW. He is currently a consulting producer and designer on a variety of free-to-play projects.

In his spare time, Adrian teaches Team Management in the Game Design program at Vancouver Film School.