Jay Pinkerton
Jay Pinkerton | |
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humourist, webmaster, managing editor | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Queen's University |
Genre | Comedy, video games |
Notable works | Portal 2, Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life: Alyx |
Website | |
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Jay Pinkerton (born June 15, 1977) is a
Jay Pinkerton initially registered his website, Jaypinkerton.com, to be a portfolio of his comedy and artwork. Afterwards, Pinkerton joined the forums of the Internet humour website "
In addition to Cracked, Pinkerton's work has also appeared on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Modern Humorist, CollegeHumor.com and numerous other sites. He has also had his humour writing published in print, including in Jest Magazine, McSweeney’s Best Non-Required Reading 2003, National Lampoon’s Big Book of Love, The CollegeHumor Guide to College and Golden Words.
Pinkerton joined Valve in 2008 and served as a writer for their games. In June 2017, he announced he had left Valve for unspecified reasons.[3] However, he returned to resume working as a writer for Valve in July 2018.[4] Some of his work on return included writing for Half-Life: Alyx, the first original AAA VR title released in 2020.[5]
References
- ^ Braga, Matt (Apr 19, 2011). "Q&A with Portal 2 writers Erik Wolpaw and Jay Pinkerton". National Post.
- ^ PSW Staff (March 13, 2008). "This is Vegas Gameplay Preview". Retrieved December 4, 2012.
- ^ Corrigan, Hope (June 7, 2017). "Jay Pinkerton Becomes the 4th Valve Writer to Leave in Two Years". IGN. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- MCV. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ^ Keighley, Geoff (November 21, 2019). "The Final Hours of Half-Life: Alyx". Retrieved November 21, 2019 – via YouTube.
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