User:EvanRobinson

Evan Robinson (b. 1961) was a computer game programmer from 1983 until 1995. His earliest published work (with then-wife Nicky Robinson and renowned game designer Paul Reiche III) is Mail Order Monsters. Later work includesWorld Tour Golf and Centurion: Defender of Rome. During a year as Technical Director with Electronic Arts Robinson was part of the group which developed industry-standard definitions for the Alpha and Beta milestones. As an Engineering Manager and Director of Games Engineering with Rocket Science Games, Robinson was responsible for the development of Obsidian, Rocket Jockey, Darwin Pond, and the Boffo Games-developed The Space Bar.

Robinson left the computer game industry in 1997 and joined Adobe Systems to create a core technology group called GPTech in the Graphics Products Division. The GPTech group was later merged into the corporate Core Technology group. After several years, Robinson left CoreTech and joined the Acrobat Engineering Team as a Senior Software Engineer, working on the new Reflow technology added to Acrobat. Robinson left Adobe in early 2002.

After moving to Vancouver, BC in 2004, Robinson received an MBA in Management of Technology in 2008 from Simon Fraser University. He re-entered the computer game business as a Senior Programmer and Producer for Threewave Software, managing the production of Private Eye:Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Candace Kane's Candy Factory. In 2009, Robinson began programming Apps for the iPhone.

As a consultant, Robinson has worked for Electronic Arts, 3DO, ImagiNation Network, Rocket Science Games, and the Internet Chess Club.

As a writer, Robinson has contributed book and software reviews to the defunct CGDA Report and Cursor Magazine, and is a Masthead Blogger at Group News Blog.