About
Rod Humble is a game designer. He was born in Loughborough, England, in 1966, moved to the United States in his late twenties, and has worked on games since 1990.
Alongside his industry work he has made small personal art games, including The Marriage, Stars over Half Moon Bay, and Last Thoughts of the Aurochs. His work was shown at SFMOMA in 2016, where he made Fayum.
Career
- Virgin Interactive
SubSpace - Sony Online Entertainment
EverQuest - Electronic Arts
Executive Vice President and head of The Sims label from 2008, covering The Sims 2 and The Sims 3; later head of the EA Play label - Linden Lab
CEO, the makers of Second Life, 2011 to 2014 - Chaphat
His own studio, founded in 2014; Cults & Daggers (2015) - ToyTalk
Chief Creative Officer - Paradox Interactive
Led Paradox Tectonic in Berkeley from 2019, the studio behind Life by You