Personal Information
Jason L Blair
jason@hekeba.com
Published Works
Presented in order from most recent publication:
Borderlands, Dev: Gearbox Software; Pub: 2K Games
Project: PS3/Xbox360 Video Game (First Person Shooter); AAA Title from a major publisher
Publication Date: TBD
Responsibility: Scriptwriting, Dialogue
Link: 2K Games' Official Page for Borderlands
The Long Count, Publisher: Archaia Studios Press
Project: 12-issue graphic novel series
Publication Date: Bi-monthly as of December 2007
Contribution: Twelve 24pp Scripts
Responsibility: Scriptwriting, Panel Blocking, Story, Characters
Link: ASP's Official Page for THE LONG COUNT
Prey, Dev: Human Head Studios, Inc.; Prod: 3D Realms; Pub: 2K Games
Project: PC/Xbox360 Video Game (First Person Shooter); AAA Title from a major publisher
Publication Date: July 2006
Contribution: Script revisions (reworked and additional dialogue); Credit compilation and writing; Manual for PC and Xbox 360 text and control compilation; Additional product pitch material origination
Link: 2K Games' Official Page for PREY
Villainy - The Supervillainous Card Game, Human Head Studios, Inc.
Project: Collectible Deck Card Game; Set One: Evil Masterminds
Publication Date: July 2006
Contribution: Three (3) separate 60-card decks; three (3) rulesheets; ad, instruction, and flavor text
Responsibilities: Game Design, Rule & Flavor Text Writing, Art Direction (Cards, Tuck & POP Boxes), Layout (Cards, Tuck & POP Boxes), Print Buying
Beyond the Storm, Modevia IP
Project: NOLA Relief Fund Book
Publication Date: October 2005
Contribution: 5k Words, Fiction titled "It Rained All Night the Day I Left"
Responsibilities: Writing, Art Direction
Link: Modevia's Official Page for BEYOND THE STORM
Normal, Texas Quick Play, Human Head Studios, Inc.
Project: 40pp Introductory Guide to Upcoming Roleplaying Game
Publication Date: August 2005
Contribution: 25k Words
Responsibilities: Layout, Editing, Print Buying, Art Direction, Convention Promotion
Frankenstein's Children, Human Head Studios, Inc.
Project: Strategy Board Game
Publication Date: April 2005
Contribution: Rules Writing, System Development
Responsibilities: Layout, Editing, Print Buying, Art Direction, Convention Promotions
Dreaming Cities, Guardians of Order
Project: 272pp Genre Book for Tri-Stat Roleplaying System
Publication Date: Winter 2005
Contribution: 18k words for "The World at Twilight" Setting
Responsibilities: Writing
Eldritch Ass Kicking, Key 20 Publishing
Project: 96pp Roleplaying Game
Publication Date: October 2004
Contribution: Editing, Layout
Responsibilities: Layout, Editing, Print Buying, Art Direction, Convention Promotions
Wyrd is Bond, Key 20 Publishing
Project: 96pp Roleplaying Game
Publication Date: April 2004
Contribution: 30k Words, System Development
Responsibilities: Writing, Layout, Print Buying, Art Direction, Convention Promotions
Little Fears, Key 20 Publishing
Project: 144pp Roleplaying Game
Publication Date: June 2001
Contribution: 40k Words, System Development
Responsibilities: Writing, Layout, Illustrations, Print Buying, Art Direction, Shipping, Warehousing, Convention Promotions
Illegible Stone, Key 20 Publishing
Project: 187pp Poetry Compilation
Publication Date: September 1999
Contribution: 50 poems
Responsibilities: Editing, Writing, Layout, Print Buying, Shipping, Warehousing
Other Contributions
Jeux Ne Sais Quoi, Daedalus Magazine
Project: Op/Ed column for quarterly gaming webzine
Publication Date: 2004
Passion and Design, GreenTentacles.com
Project: Article for speculative fiction webzine
Publication Date: March 2001
Professional History
Video Game Designer, Big Rooster, LLC
08.07 - Present
High- to low-end design tasks from menu and UI design to controller input, system design, working with the artists, programmers, animators, and everybody in between.
Adventure Games Director/Writer/Community Liaison, Human Head Studios
01.05 - 08.07
Project origination, licensing, marketing, writing, editing, layout, web design, script writing for computer games
Editor-in-Chief, Key 20 Publishing
07.99 - 11.04
Project origination, licensing, marketing, writing, editing, layout, web design
Content Editor, West Group
03.01 - 05.02
Editing, revision compilation, XML Programming
Awards/Acclaim
Origins Award Nominee - 2001 Game of the Year: Little Fears
Origins Award Nominee - 2001 RPG of the Year: Little Fears
RPGnet Award Winner - Most Disturbing/Controversial Game of 2001: Little Fears
Memberships
AAGAD - Standard Membership
IGDA - Paid Member
