Resume

Michael D. Humes
8112 145th Ct. NE
Redmond, WA 98052
425.883.4478(home)
425.765.4410 (cell)
mhumes@rocketmail.com

Career Objective
To obtain a position as a writer/designer in the game industry.

Summary of Accomplishments
Nearly 20 years experience writing, editing, researching, and proofreading game content, game designs, user guides, tutorials, press releases, and marketing materials.

Inveterate gamer with a wide knowledge of many different game genres and platforms. Most recently, I wrote game content and contributed to design documentation and game play on the following game franchises: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Finding Nemo, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Often worked simultaneously on multiple SKUs of the same product, all with differing content.

20 years experience in game writing combined with 10 years experience in journalistic writing have left me highly adept at meeting tight deadlines.

Career History
Foundation IX Entertainment (formerly Amaze Entertainment, KnowWonder Mediaworks, and Realtime Associates North)
Writer/Designer
August 1998 to Present

Worked on design teams in many game genres and on several different game platforms, including Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Playstation 1 and 2, and PC. Duties included game dialog, game text, game pitch documents, map design, game design documents, scenario design, tutorials, research, and promotional materials.

Worked on the following products: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Game Boy Color); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance); Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Game Boy Advance and PC); A Series of Unfortunate Events (Gameboy Advance and PC); Robots (Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS); Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (GBA); Finding Nemo Activity Center (PC); Finding Nemo (Gameboy Advance); The Wild Thornberrys (Game Boy Advance); Heroes of Might & Magic I and II (Game Boy); Brother Bear (PC); 007: Everything or Nothing (Game Boy Advance); Daredevil (Game Boy Advance); Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Game Boy Advance); Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Nintendo DS); Eragon (Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PC); Ice Age 2 (Game Boy Advance); Call of Duty (Nintendo DS); The Urbz: Sims in the City (Nintendo DS); Crash Bandicoot: Crash of the Titans (Nintendo DS); Azurik: Rise of Perathia (Xbox).

Uproar.com
Contract Writer
1997-1998

Wrote 800 trivia questions per month for Uproar.com website.

TEN.net
(now EA Pogo)
Writer
1995 to 1997

Maintained game sites for online Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun and Diablo II. I ran in game events and wrote bi-weekly newsletter for Dark Sun.

Performed many other writing tasks for Ten.net, including direct mail, marketing copy, and promotional materials.

Capcom
Writer/designer
1994 to 1995

Lead designer for Tang Chi, a tangram-based PC puzzle game.

Lead writer for unpublished Werewolf and Oldtime Football PC games.

Came up with the name Resident Evil. And thereby hangs a tale…

Electronic Arts
Writer III
1988 to 1994

Wrote documentation for over 40 video and PC games.

Served on design team for many of the products I documented, including such games as the Mutant League line (SEGA Genesis), The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (PC), FIFA International Soccer (multiple platforms), and Haunting Starring Poulterguy (SEGA Genesis).

Wrote in-game content, including dialog and game text.

Performed many other writing tasks as requested including marketing copy, package copy, and promotional materials.

The Daily Iowan
Iowa City, Iowa
Staff Writer

Editorial Page Editor, 1978 to 1980. Managed a staff of 2 staff writers and several free lance writers, solicited end edited topical editorials and columns, laid out editorial page 4 times each week, wrote up to 5 editorials and one column per week.

Staff writer, 1976 to 1978 and 1980 to 1988. Wrote editorials, reviews, feature stories, and a weekly column.

Best Editorial Page, Iowa Daily Press Association, 1979 and 1980.

Columnist of the Year, Iowa Daily Press Association, 1979.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

Familiar with all Microsoft Office Suite products (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, etc.).

Familiar with Visual SourceSafe and Perforce version control software.
Education
University of Iowa
Bachelor of General Studies
Concentration in Journalism, English, and History.

References And Samples
Steve Ettinger
Senior VP, Foundation IX Games
425.825.6776

Mike Platteter
Producer, Foundation IX Games
425.825.6813

R.J. Berg
Former Supervisor, Electronics Arts
415.863.8963

Samples available on request.