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About Evan Skolnick
Game Design & Development
Evan Skolnick has over 30 years of combined story and game development experience at companies such as Marvel, Activision and Lucasfilm. Creator of USV's innovative Game Writing Focus.
An active game writer and international speaker, he has imparted knowledge to over a thousand working game development professionals. Mr. Skolnick has also served as a writer or narrative designer on top-selling games such as Cuphead, Star Wars: Battlefront, The Walking Dead: A New Frontier, Mafia III, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, and many others.
He is the author of the Penguin Random House book Video Game Storytelling.
At USV, Mr. Skolnick spearheads the college’s innovative Game Writing concentration, one of the first of its kind on the West Coast.
Formal Education
B.A. English, Journalism, Graphic Design
University of Connecticut
Industry Experience
Activision
LucasArts
Electronic Arts
Disney
Ubisoft
Kabam