{{Short description|American video game executive}} {{Infobox person | name = Jamin Warren | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1983}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = co-founder and chief executive of Kill Screen | years_active = | known_for = Kill Screen | notable_works = }}
'''Jamin Warren''' (born 1983) is co-founder and chief executive of Kill Screen, a video game arts and culture company<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rhodes|first1=L.|title=The Editor — CultureRamp interviews Kill Screen founder Jamin Warren|url=http://cultureramp.com/new-games-editor/|website=cultureramp.com}}</ref> that ''The New Yorker'' called "the McSweeney's of interactive media".<ref>{{cite magazine|title="PopRally"|url=http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/above-and-beyond/poprally|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> He was formerly the host of the PBS webseries Game/Show (2013-2016). Warren also founded Twofivesix, a marketing agency preparing brands for the future of play and interactivity.
==Education== Warren graduated from Harvard in 2004.
==Career==
===Journalism=== Warren has previously written for ''Pitchfork''<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamin Warren - Staff - Pitchfork|url=http://pitchfork.com/staff/jamin-warren/|website=pitchfork.com}}</ref> and the ''Wall Street Journal''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Morgan|first1=Richard|title=Pacing nervously with… Jamin Warren|url=http://fortune.com/2014/05/30/pacing-nervously-with-jamin-warren-founder-and-ceo-kill-screen/|website=Fortune|date=30 May 2014}}</ref> He's drawn notice for his gaming-related culture commentary<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mahdawi|first1=Arwa|title=From Twister's 'sex in a box' to Pokémon Go's new reality – how games define the times|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/aug/01/twister-sex-box-pokemon-go-new-reality-how-games-define-the-times|accessdate=16 August 2016|work=The Guardian|date=1 August 2016}}</ref> on topics like net neutrality,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.themarysue.com/pbs-game-show-net-neutrality/|title=PBS Game/Show Host Jamin Warren Asks If Net Neutrality Is Bad for Gamers|last=Tickle|first=Glenn|date=June 24, 2014|website=The Mary Sue|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> race<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/pbs-game-show-npc-racist/|title=PBS show tackles racist treatment of non-player characters in video games|last=Khan|first=Imad|date=February 19, 2015|website=The Daily Dot|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> and gender in gaming,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/17/technology/personaltech/women-who-play-games-shun-gamer-label.html|title=Women Who Play Games Shun 'Gamer' Label|last=Mcphate|first=Mike|date=2015-12-16|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref> and virtual reality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newmediarockstars.com/2015/03/virtual-reality-games-pbs-gameshow-explores-the-future-of-gaming/|title=Virtual Reality Games: PBS Game/Show Explores The Future Of Gaming|last=DeSimone|first=Evan|date=March 20, 2015|website=New Media Rockstars|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/25/making-movies-with-virtual-reality|title=Studio 360|last=Marantz|first=Andrew|date=2016-04-25|newspaper=The New Yorker|issn=0028-792X|access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref> He was a 2016 Webby nominee for Online Film & Video: Gaming (Channel) for his work on PBS Game/Show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://webbyawards.com/winners/2016/online-film-video/video-channels-and-networks/gaming-channel/pbs-gameshow/|title=PBS Game/Show {{!}} The Webby Awards|website=The Webby Awards|publisher=|access-date=2016-07-02}}</ref>
===''Kill Screen''=== {{Main|Kill Screen}} In 2009, Warren co-founded, with Chris Dahlen, a video-gaming magazine called ''Kill Screen'',<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Mastrapa|first1=Gus|title=New Gaming Magazine Killscreen Aims for the Brain|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/12/killscreen/|accessdate=16 August 2016|magazine=Wired|date=December 1, 2009}}</ref> funding the initial issue of the related magazine via Kickstarter.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Myers|first1=Courtney Boyd|title=Kill Screen Magazine: What Does It Mean To Play Games? - PSFK|url=http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/kill-screen-magazine-what-does-it-mean-to-play-games.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160308155331/http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/kill-screen-magazine-what-does-it-mean-to-play-games.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2016|accessdate=16 August 2016|work=PSFK|date=4 June 2010}}</ref> Warren now oversees ''Kill Screen'' magazine (with video game reviews ''Time'' called "so smart and polished that they might help convince doubters that games are worth taking seriously"<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=McCracken|first1=Harry|title=Kill Screen - The Best Blogs of 2011 - TIME|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2075431_2075447_2075602,00.html|magazine=Time|date=6 June 2011}}</ref>) and hosts events like the annual two5six gaming conference, a pop-up arcade at the Museum of Modern Art,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zamir|first1=Monique|title=Pop Rally Presents Arcade, Hosted by Kill Screen|url=http://untappedcities.com/2011/07/30/pop-rally-presents-arcade-hosted-by-kill-screen/|website=Untapped Cities|date=30 July 2011}}</ref> and a virtual reality conference at the New Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hyperallergic.com/284227/imagining-the-possible-futures-of-virtual-reality/|title="Imagining the Possible Futures of Virtual Reality"|last=Blum|first=Michael|date=March 17, 2016|website=Hyperallergic|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> In 2016, Warren launched a collaboration between Kill Screen and eyewear company Warby Parker, pairing a new video game called "Worbs" with limited-edition Kill Screen-branded frames from Warby Parker. ''The New York Observer'' said, "Worbs is a physics-based game with a major focus on simple graphics, which is quite closely with Warby Parker’s aesthetic for optics and sunglasses. It also falls in line with Kill Screen’s main goal, which is to locate the 'intersection between games, play, and other seats of culture, from art to music to design.'"<ref>{{cite news|last1=Silver|first1=Dena|title=Warby Parker Launches a Video Game With Glasses to Match|url=http://observer.com/2016/08/warby-parker-launches-a-video-game-with-glasses-to-match/|accessdate=14 September 2016|work=New York Observer|date=23 August 2016}}</ref>
==Personal life== Warren lives in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jamin Warren - LinkedIn |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamin-warren-5149aa20/|website=Q}}</ref>
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