[Linden Lab's New CEO]

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BK Linden wrote:

I’m happy to announce some very exciting news today: Rod Humble is Linden Lab’s new CEO. Our press release is

here

. You’ll hear from Rod himself after he starts in mid-January, but in the meantime, we wanted to share a brief introduction.

Rod has an impressive depth of experience in developing and leading fun, immersive entertainment experiences that have been great successes. As a 20-year veteran of game development, he’s worked on more than 200 games, and last year, the gaming magazine Edge named him #2 on their annual list of

Hot 100 Game Developers

. Rod is coming to Linden Lab from Electronic Arts, where he was Executive Vice President and led EA Play, including the best-selling PC game franchise of all time, The Sims. Prior to EA, he was a VP of Product Development at Sony Online Entertainment, where he led the EverQuest Studio.

Rod has a deep appreciation for what makes Second Life special. He’s already been exploring and experimenting inworld to familiarize himself with the pluses and minuses of our product and the successes and challenges faced by our Residents. He’ll officially start at the Lab in mid-January, and I’m excited for us to begin 2011 with fresh perspective, renewed energy, and creativity.

To give you a sense for Rod’s creativity, personality, and perspective, here are few links to his personal creations and a couple of press interviews he’s given:

Art games

Rod has created in his ‘spare’ time:

• The Marriage
• Stars Over Half Moon Bay
• Last Thoughts of the Aurochs

Press interviews with Rod:

• 2010
  video interview
  with The Guardian about EA’s Create
• 2009
  interview
  with WIRED about art games

Happy holidays to you all from Linden Lab! We wish everyone a very happy and prosperous new year -- it’s going to be a great one for Second Life!

Rod's bio:

Rod Humble is Chief Executive Officer at Linden Lab, and he leads the company’s strategy and the development of Second Life. Humble’s 20-year career in the game development industry has included work on more than 200 games. He joined Linden Lab from Electronic Arts, where, in his role as Executive Vice President, he led the EA Play label, which includes the best-selling PC game franchise of all time, The Sims. In 2009, he was ranked #2 on the annual list of the

Hot 100 Game Developers

from gaming publication

Edge

. Prior to his work at Electronic Arts, Humble served as Vice President of Product Development at Sony Online Entertainment for the massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) EverQuest.

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Welcome to Second life Rod   but remember  this world not is  "·the sims"   and not playing a game now play with human emotions that is not a game I would remind you that I trust your intelligence

welcome Mr humble

xoxox

 

Perse 

[Linden Lab's New CEO]

Welcome to Second life Rod   but remember  this world not is  "·the sims"   and not playing a game now play with human emotions that is not a game I would remind you that I trust your intelligence

welcome Mr humble

xoxox

 

Perse