Sam Barlow | |
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| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
| Occupation | Video game designer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Employer | Half Mermaid |
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Sam Barlow is a British video game designer, best known as the writer and designer of Her Story, the two British Silent Hill games Silent Hill: Origins and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Telling Lies and Immortality.[1][2] He previously worked as a game director at Climax Studios,[3] before leaving in 2014 to become an indie game developer. He published his first independent game, Her Story, in June 2015.[4] In 2017 he founded Half Mermaid, a video game production company based in Brooklyn, New York.
- ^ Long, Neil. "Writer's roundtable: the death of Irrational and the trouble with blockbuster videogame narrative". Edge.
Climax Studios game director Sam Barlow is a videogame writer of equal experience and renown, having written several Silent Hill games
- ^ "The Players: Climax Studios". GamesTM (61): 6.
GamesTM speaks with Sam Barlow, the visionary lead designer on the latest Silent Hill to come from the heart of Climax Studios
- ^ "Key People". Climax Studios Official Site.
- ^ "Serial-style mystery game Her Story launches June 24". Polygon. 3 June 2015.