Mark Lorenzen

Mark Lorenzen (born 1966) is a video game designer and former entepreneur. He is best known for his work with Doug TenNapel.

Biography

Lorenzen was born in Huntington Beach, California. He got primary education from Huntington Beach High School, and later attended Point Loma Nazarene University, finishing it in 1988 on art specialty. Here he studied along with Doug TenNapel.^[1]

Career

Lorenzen made his first step in video game industry by joining Blue Sky Software in early 90s. Here he directed design on such games as Jurassic Park, Vectorman and Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention, working with mentioned TenNapel. After leaving Blue Sky in 1995 Lorenzen joined Shiny Entertainment, working on Earthworm Jim 2. The level "Lorenzen's Soil" was called in his honour. In 1996 Doug TenNapel formed The Neverhood, Inc. (further history could be read here), with Lorenzen and number of people from Shiny joining in. He worked on game with his brother Tim, who worked at 7th Level. Lorenzen and TenNapel created the history of the game, which spans 38 screens and could be read in Neverhood's "Hall of Records". Lorenzen later led art design on The Neverhood, Inc.-made Skullmonkeys and BoomBots. In 1999 The Neverhood, Inc. went bust, and Lorenzen with its former workers formed the game company Monkeytropolis, based in Lake Forest. Its only project was the "extreme sports title for Activision".^[2] Company was active for 3 years and then went bust. In April 2002 Lorenzen joined Electronic Arts, where he currently works.

Ludography

• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II (2006), Electronic Arts, Inc.
• The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (2004), Electronic Arts, Inc.
• Command & Conquer: Generals (2003), Electronic Arts, Inc.
• Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour (2003), Electronic Arts Ltda.
• Boombots (1999), SouthPeak Interactive, LLC
• Skullmonkeys (1998), Electronic Arts, Inc.
• Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms (1996), Funsoft
• The Neverhood (1996), DreamWorks Interactive L.L.C., Microsoft Corporation
• Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
• Earthworm Jim 2 (1995), Playmates Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
• Gragoyles (1995), Buena Vista Interactive
• Vectorman (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
• World Series Baseball '95 (1995), SEGA of America, Inc.
• Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (1994), SEGA of America, Inc.
• Jurassic Park (1993), SEGA of America, Inc.
• The Ren & Stimpy Show: Stimpy's Invention (1993), SEGA of America, Inc.

Personal life

Lorenzen is married to his wife Angela, and has two children: son Christian and daughter Caroline. He is based at Sandy, Utah.

References

1. ^ The Team of The Neverhood.
2. ^ [1]

External links

• MobyGames profile
• Monkeytropolis's team (archived)
• Facebook page

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Name	Lorenzen, Mark
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Date of birth	1966
Place of birth	Huntington Beach, California
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