Kenn Hoekstra (born October 1, 1973),[1] is a former video game developer who worked as an executive producer for the game development company Pi Studios in Houston, Texas.[2] He attempted to form Category 6 Studios after leaving Pi Studios, but was unable to secure funding. He is probably best known for his game development, marketing and promotional work as a Level Designer and Project Administrator at Raven Software in Middleton, Wisconsin where he worked from February, 1997 to June, 2004.[3] While employed at Raven Software, Hoekstra wrote a series of articles for Computer Games Magazine, GameSpy and two anthology books aimed at helping aspiring game developers break into game development.[4] Additionally, he maintains a section of his personal website dedicated to getting a job in the game development industry.

Hoekstra studied at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.

Kenn joined PopHorror in August, 2016[5] and works for the horror website as a writer and associate editor.[6]

References

  1. ↑ DOB Listed
  2. ↑ Pi Studios Job title listed under key personnel
  3. ↑ Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Raven employment dates noted on personal website
  4. ↑ Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Listing of articles written
  5. ↑ "Meet Our Writers: Kenn Hoekstra - PopHorror". PopHorror. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  6. ↑ "Writers - PopHorror". PopHorror. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
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