Welcome
John has a thirty-year career in the entertainment business, writing for video games, films, television, digital media and books.
John has written and designed over sixty projects for every major publisher and studio, including: HAWx2, Apache Air Assault, Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Ghostbusters, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Escape from Butcher Bay and Dark Athena (Chronicles of Riddick saga) and Wheelman. John’s book The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design (co-authored by Flint Dille) has remained a top seller on Amazon.com since its release.
John was a creative at Niantic Labs (developer of Ingress, Pokémon GO, and Harry Potter Wizards Unite), a creative consultant on a reboot of his Fear Effect property for Square Enix Collective. He is currently developing Summoners War as a multi-platform property for Skybound, as well as writing the current Jurassic World: Evolution game for Universal and Frontier Developments. John has also just written a new Ghostbusters DLC pack for Planet Coaster to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the original film’s release.
SELECTION OF CREDITS
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