Hello, my name is Chad Bordwell and welcome to my web site. I created this basically as a self promotional site to let people know who I am and my talents. I'm a college trained artist but my profession is a video game designer. I've been working in the video game industry since 1997-ish.

People often ask me if I play games at home even after working on them all day. The answer is an easy yes. I have a great passion for gaming. Just because I'm working on a game doesn't mean I'm not interested in playing someones else's. Few things are as fun as taking an entire day (or weekend) and playing a new game you just picked up. It's also a must for my industry to know what other people are doing. Often design meeting discussions bring up events in other games as an example and you need to know what they are referring to.

Sure it's a "dream job" but also like any job it as deadlines, long hours, and moments of extreme frustration, so it's not all fun. I don't get to make the games I want as people often think. But I do get to have a lot of creative input into the titles I've worked on. I get to create the experience the player has as they play which is very very cool. The games get shipped world wide and it's great to think that someone on the other side of the world is having a good time enjoying a moment you created.