Tom Fulp

Tom Fulp
Born Thomas Charles Fulp
April 30, 1978 (1978-04-30) (age 33)
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
Nationality American
Alma mater Pennridge School District
Drexel University
Occupation Founder, Webmaster, and Administrator of Newgrounds, Video game programmer, and co-owner of The Behemoth.
Spouse April Fulp (2007-present)
Partner Dan Paladin (1995-present)
Children Liam Fulp (son)
Seth Fulp (son)
Relatives Wade Fulp (brother)

Thomas Michael "Tom" Fulp (born April 30, 1978) is the co-owner of video game company The Behemoth,[1] and the creator and administrator of Newgrounds, a popular website for sharing Flash files.[2] He co-created the Flash game Alien Hominid, which was later ported to consoles, and the console game Castle Crashers.[3]

Fulp was born and raised in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, and attended Pennridge High School, where he graduated in 1996. He later attended Drexel University, in Philadelphia, where during his freshman year he got interested in rave parties and became a DJ for a short span of time.[4]

Family

Tom's older brother, Wade Fulp, is in charge of user administration on Newgrounds. Tom married April Fulp on May 12, 2007,[5] and his son, Liam Fulp was born on March 25, 2009.[6][7] Their second son, Adam Fulp was born in July 2011.[8]

References

  1. ^ Torres, Nichole L. (July 1, 2008). "Get in the Game". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070902076.html. Retrieved March 25, 2009. 
  2. ^ Wolf, Mark J. P. (2008). The Video Game Explosion: A History from Pong to Playstation and Beyond. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 197. ISBN 0-313-33868-X. 
  3. ^ Remo, Chris (July 30, 2007). "Comic-Con 07: Castle Crashers Preview and Interview with The Behemoth's Tom Fulp". Shacknews. http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=487. Retrieved March 25, 2009. 
  4. ^ Fulp, Tom. "NEWGROUNDS WIKI: TomFulp". Newgrounds. http://www.newgrounds.com/wiki/about-newgrounds/history/bio/tomfulp. Retrieved April 30, 2011. 
  5. ^ Fulp, Tom (2007-05-11). "Best of April and marrying April.". http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/699946/1. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  6. ^ Fulp, Tom (2009-03-25). "It's a boy!". Twitter. http://twitter.com/TomFulp/status/1390558514. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  7. ^ Fulp, Tom (2009-03-28). "It's a Boy!". Newgrounds. http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1043532. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  8. ^ Fulp, Tom (2011-07-07). "Best of June 2011". http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1258489. Retrieved 2011-07-08. 

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