| Gary Penn | |
|---|---|
| Born | Berkhamstead[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Head of Development at Denki |
Gary Penn is a former British games reviewer who wrote for Zzap!64[2] in the '80s and is a games industry veteran. He later was editor of The One and was Creative Director at DMA Design where he supervised the release of the first Grand Theft Auto game in 1997.[3]
Penn won the Games Media Legend award in 2007.[4]
He is currently (September 2011) Head of Development at Denki.[3] Penn claims his magazine background helped him setting up a "Hollywood-style" studio system there:[2]
| “ | "It is something that was born of having a magazine background," he explains. "You don't have slippage, you're doing the same thing 12, 13, 14 times a year, so you get more practiced. It's like the notion of repertoire in the theatre, you have these tools, these methods of doing things, whereas in the game development business we always seem to be re-inventing the wheel." | ” |