Jordan Magnuson

Jordan Magnuson
Born1984 (age 41–42)
Tunisia
Notable workTIGSource

Jordan Magnuson (born 1984) is an American independent game designer known for his minimalistic games, his games about travel, and for creating the indie game-focused website and community TIGSource. Among his games are Loneliness (2012), Freedom Bridge, and The Gametrekking Omnibus. Magnuson is also the founder of the game blog NecessaryGames.com.

Jordan published an open access book in 2023 about video games and poetry, called Game Poems.

References

  1. 1 2 "Interview about video games with Jordan Magnuson". Presura (in Spanish). 13 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Sigl, Rainer (28 January 2013). "Travel, games and notgames: An interview with Jordan Magnuson". videogametourism.at (in German).
  3. ↑ Kultima, A; Park, S; Lassheikki, C; Kauppinen, T. "Designing Games as Playable Concepts: Five Design Values for Tiny Embedded Educational Games" (PDF). Proceedings of DiGRA 2020.
  4. ↑ "Jordan Magnuson | Necessary Games". www.necessarygames.com.
  5. ↑ Geere, Duncan (25 May 2011). "GameTrekking interview: "I released a new notgame from Cambodia today"". PC Gamer.
  6. ↑ Magnuson, Jordan (2023). Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice. Amherst College Press. ISBN 978-1-943208-53-1.