David Ethan Kennerly

This article is about an RPG developer. For the Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer, see David Hume Kennerly.

David Ethan Kennerly directed five massively multiplayer games in the US and Korea. He localized Korea's first world, Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, and designed the social system of Dark Ages: Online Roleplaying. Before joining Nexon in 1997, he designed The X-Files Trivia Game for 20th Century Fox, and troubleshot US Army networks in Korea.

David encourages creativity among developers and players. He helped organize MUD-Dev Conferences, and founded an online library of fan fiction. David has authored on game design for Charles River Media, ITT Tech, Westwood College, Gamasutra.com, GameDev.net, and IGDA.

After a stint designing board games at TableStar Games, David is now doing video game design in Utah.

External links

• http://www.finegamedesign.com - Web site of David Kennerly with articles, resources, and information.
• http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article2206.asp - "Randomness without Replacement." Article on RPG game mechanics.
• http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20030815/kennerly_01.shtml - "Better Game Design through Data Mining." Article introducing data analysis for improving design in online games.
• http://www.nexustk.com - Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds
• http://www.darkages.com - Dark Ages