Jon Zuk

After graduating Teikya Marycrest University in Davenport, Iowa, Jon Zuk started at Raven in October of 1996. Since then he's worn a variety of hats: designer, lead designer, project lead and is currently a studio designer. He's worked on Take No Prisoners, Hexen II: Portal of Pravus, Soldier of Fortune, Elite Force, SOF2, Jedi Academy, Wolfenstein, Wolverine and Singularity. In his travels for Raven he's run into Tony Hawk (literally), gone to Skywalker Ranch and been to LucasFilm at the Presido.

Jon has a deep love of video games and he's been playing since the Atari days. His favorite old school games are X-Com, Dark Forces, Legend of Zelda and Metroid. His favorite current games are Mass Effect, Uncharted 2, Arkham Asylum and World of Warcraft. He also loves RPGs and board games as well as reading comics and wathcing movies. His favorite book series is Dresden Files, his favorite comic character is a tossup between Wolverine and Batman. His favorite movie is Star Wars (Empire Strikes Back is the best thing ever).

He admits to being a huge nerd, but takes great pride in the fact he's married and his wife can take him out in public.