Jason Venter: The Portfolio
This page is my fun little portfolio, intended primarily to introduce you to my professional side and to serve as a supplemental link for my thrilling LinkedIn profile page. Limiting the scope of this page is the right thing to do because my personal side is rather dull. You don't want to know me as a friend. You want to know me as a worker and you want to pay me handsomely for services rendered. Right? Nod your head. You know it's true.
For your convenience and to satisfy my own need for order, I have divided my work into handy categories, supplemented by links so stylish and sexy that they ought to be illegal. They're not, though, and I hope that you will enjoy each one every bit as much as I do. Savor them. Love them.
I have contributed numerous reviews to a variety of sites, plus I maintain a site of my own that contains more than 500 of my reviews. You can find a complete list of those here. I also wrote reviews for many issues of Hardcore Gamer Magazine, starting with the first issue. This includes the cover story for the July, 2006 issue (click to download and view the PDF edition for free). While I will not list every one of the reviews that I wrote for the magazine itself, you will find reviews listed below that I wrote for its related web site.
Atari Classics Evolved (gamerevolution.com)
Blokus Portable: Steambot Championship (gamesradar.com)
Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends (gamesradar.com)
Crash of the Titans (gamesradar.com)
The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific (gamerevolution.com)
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (gamesradar.com)
The King of Fighters XI (gamerevolution.com)
Nanostray 2 (hardcoregamer.com)
Need for Speed: ProStreet (hardcoregamer.com)
Rocketmen: Axis of Evil (gamesradar.com)
Turok (realmofgaming.com)
Victorious Boxers Revolution (realmofgaming.com)
Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (hardcoregamer.com)
Wipeout Pulse (hardcoregamer.com)
Besides writing numerous FAQs for various online sites, which you can find mostly collected right here, I also have written numerous documents in a freelance capacity for which I received actual compensation. Those are my favorites, naturally. You can find all of them listed below.
Afro Samurai (guides.ign.com)
Demon's Souls (guides.ign.com)
Infinite Undiscovery (faqs.ign.com)
The Last Remnant (guides.ign.com)
LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (guides.ign.com)
Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships (guides.ign.com)
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (guides.ign.com)
Section 8 (guides.ign.com)
Sonic and the Black Knight (guides.ign.com)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes (guides.ign.com)
Terminator: Salvation (guides.ign.com)
Though my name does not appear in the closing credits, I provided extensive support during the localization of J-List's hentai title, Yin Yang: X-Change Alternative. The project included polishing of a pre-existing script so that it would appear more natural to English-speaking gamers without changing the intended meaning of the words or causing it to lose its distinctly Japanese flavor.
Thank you for taking the time to browse my current portfolio. I hope to expand it soon, perhaps with links to work that you commission! If you're interested in hiring me for any projects, you can contact me at my personal e-mail address:
jasonventer[_at_]yahoo{-dot-}com
Please give your e-mail a title that will stand out from the spam I regularly receive (suggestion: "Freelance Opportunity from [your company]"). I work quickly and to specification and look forward to hearing from you soon!
--Jason Venter