David Jaffe

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**David Scott Jaffe** (born April 13, 1971) is an American video game designer; best known for his contribution to the *Twisted Metal* and *God of War* franchises.

## Biography

Jaffe is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in San Diego, California. Jaffe graduated from Alabama's Mountain Brook High School, located in Mountain Brook, AL, a suburb of Birmingham. Jaffe then attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He applied to the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but was never admitted. After a few years pursuing his dream of directing movies, he turned to game design.

Jaffe is well known for directing the *Twisted Metal* series and *God of War*. Jaffe's *Twisted Metal: Black* and *God of War* have both ranked into IGN's "Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time", with *Twisted Metal: Black* in ninth place and *God of War* winning first place as IGN's best PS2 game of all time. In 2007, Jaffe left SCEA to found Eat Sleep Play. The studio signed a multi-year deal with Sony to create games exclusively for PlayStation platforms. He left Eat Sleep Play in February 2012 due to creative differences.

In 2014, he announced his first project on his new studio *The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency* called *Drawn to Death* as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. The game received mixed reviews, and due to the cancellation of an unannounced title, his newfound company shut down a year later.

Jaffe now spends most of his time live streaming on Twitch talking about video games and pop culture.

## Works

* *Cliffhanger* (1993) (NES, Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega CD/Sega CD) - tester
* *Skyblazer* (1993) (Super NES) - tester
* *Mickey Mania* (1994) (Super NES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Mega CD/Sega CD) - designer
* *Twisted Metal* (1995) (PC/PlayStation) - designer
* *Twisted Metal 2* (1996) (PC/PlayStation) - game director, producer, and designer
* *Twisted Metal: Black* (2001) (PS2)
* *Kinetica* (2001) (PS2)
* *God of War* (2005) (PS2) - game director
* *Twisted Metal: Head-On* (2005) (PSP) - game director
* *God of War II* (2007) (PS2) - creative director
* *Calling All Cars!* (2007) (PS3) - game director
* *Twisted Metal* (2012) (PS3) - game director
* *Drawn to Death* (2017) (PS4) - game director

## References

1. ↑ "Twisted Metal Studio Hit With Massive Layoffs", *CINEMABLEND* (2018-01-27).
2. ↑ "Spider-Man PS4 and Why We're in a Golden Age of Licensed Games - GameRevolution" (in en-US), *GameRevolution* (2018-05-02).
3. ↑ "David Jaffe Opens Up," *GamePro* 235 (April 2008): 23.
4. ↑ IGN PlayStation Team (2007-03-16). "The Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time". http://ps2.ign.com/articles/772/772296p1.html. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
5. ↑ Sliwinski, Alexander. "David Jaffe leaves Eat Sleep Play, layoffs hit developer [Update"]. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/07/report-jaffe-leaves-eat-sleep-play-layoffs-hit-developer/. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
6. ↑ Jaffe, David. "Why I Left Eat Sleep Play". http://criminalcrackdown.blogspot.com/2012/06/why-i-left-eat-sleep-play.html. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
7. ↑ Matulef, Jeffrey (2014-12-06). "David Jaffe reveals arena shooter Drawn to Death" (in en). https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-12-06-david-jaffe-reveals-arena-shooter-drawn-to-death.
8. ↑ "David Jaffe's The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency closes down" (in en). https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-02-28-david-jaffes-the-bartlet-jones-supernatural-detective-agency-closes-down.
9. ↑ Jaffe's Blog with Project Listing Template:Webarchive

## External links

* David Jaffe's blog
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* Business Week
* Wired.com
* David Jaffe's Twitch.tv

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