Mark Darin is an American

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and writer. He was the co-designer of '' CSI: Hard Evidence'', ''

Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space ''Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space'', originally released as ''Sam & Max: Season Two'', is an episodic graphic adventure video game by Telltale Games based on the '' Sam & Max'' comic book series created by Steve Purcell. It is a sequel to Tell ...

'', ''

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' is an episodic graphic adventure developed by Telltale Games and based on the ''Homestar Runner'' web cartoon, with Strong Bad as the lead character. A total of five episodes were released for Mi ...

'', ''

Tales of Monkey Island ''Tales of Monkey Island'' is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games under license from LucasArts. It is the fifth game in the ''Monkey Island'' series, released nearly a decade after the previous installment, ''Escape fr ...

'', and '' Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent''. He wrote the second episode of ''The Walking Dead'', ''Starved for Help''.

Career

Mark Darin began his career creating the Nick Bounty series of

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. He joined

Telltale Games Telltale Incorporated (trade name: Telltale Games) was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California. The company was founded in July 2004 by former LucasArts developers Kevin Bruner, Dan Connors and Troy Molander, following ...

as a lead designer and writer. ''Tales of Monkey Island'', for which Mark Darin was the co-designer, was nominated for "best artistic design" and won for the award for "biggest surprise" at

IGN ''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...

's Best of E3 2009 Awards. After release, it won the

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2009 adventure game of the year, was nominated for the

best adventure game of the year for PC and Wii, won the

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Best Adventure of 2009, and was named the "Best Series Revival" by ''

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''. The second episode of ''The Walking Dead'', which Mark Darin wrote, won the

GameSpy GameSpy was an American provider of online multiplayer and matchmaking middleware for video games founded in 1996 by Mark Surfas. After the release of a multiplayer server browser for the game, QSpy, Surfas licensed the software under the GameS ...

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award for "Best Adventure Game".

Games

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

- '' CSI: Hard Evidence'', co-designer (Telltale Games) *

- ''

'', co-designer (Telltale Games) *

- ''

'', co-designer (Telltale Games) *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

- ''

'', co-designer (Telltale Games) *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

- '' Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent'', co-designer (Telltale Games) *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

- '' Hector: Badge of Carnage'', design, script editing (Telltale Games) *

- '' Jurassic Park: The Game'', co-designer (''The Calvary'') (Telltale Games) *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

- '' Law & Order: Legacies'', additional design (Telltale Games) *

- '' The Walking Dead'', writer (''Starved for Help'') (Telltale Games) *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

- '' The Walking Dead: 400 Days'', co-designer, co-writer (Telltale Games) *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

- '' The Walking Dead: Season Two'', additional design (Telltale Games) *

- ''

Tales From the Borderlands ''Tales from the Borderlands'' is an episodic interactive comedy graphic adventure sci-fi video game based on the ''Borderlands'' series. It was developed by Telltale Games under license from Gearbox Software, the developer of the ''Borderlands ...

'', writer (Telltale Games) *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

- '' The Walking Dead: The Final Season'', director (Telltale Games) *

- ''The Adventures of Nick and Willikins'', animator, design consultant (Pinhead Games) *

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

- ''Nick Bounty and the Dame with the Blue Chewed Shoe'', writer, director, designer (Pinhead Games)

References

External links

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Telltale Games website
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