Jurriaan van Rijswijk's Page

Hometown:

Rotterdam

My Involvement With Serious Games:

company

Current Employer and Position:

Co-founder & Director

Website1:

http://www.seriousgaming.nl

Website2:

http://www.gamesfactoryonline.com

Website3:

http://www.ge-eu.com

About My Involvement With Serious Games:

I'm co-founder of the GamesFactoryOnline company - producer and publsiher of Serious Games, very proud being also a producer and publisher for Nintendo. Making serious games for the DS!

Besides GamesFactoryOnline I am also co-fouder Game Entertainment Europe (the first pan-European publisher of Massive Multiplayer’s) and shareholder in WZZRD, a European chain of game café’s.

About Me:

I started gaming programming Pong on my Sinclair ZX81 spectrum mounted to a black and white TV in 1983. During my University study I worked a lot with climatologically models and Geographic Information Systems. At my first job I let people literally play with business and process models. The first ‘real’ game I was involved developing was for the second World Water Forum organized by the UN.
For more than ten years gaming is my main professional focus. I think I know what’s going on in the mass consumer on-line gaming market.
Besides my activities as game professional I love to play. My favourite gear is the Nintendo DS, my favourite games are New Super Mario Brothers and Mario Cart. That is fun to play!

Favorite Sports Teams:

BMW Sauber F1

Favorite Music:

Coldplay

Favorite TV Shows:

FaultyTowers
TopGear

Favorite Films:

the Game
Vanilla Sky
One good year