Late Black History Month Post!

As Black History Month has come to an end, Game Jerks would like to point out some of the more influential African Americans in the Entertainment industry who others failed to acknowledge in order to show that Black History doesn’t need to be limited to a month, but can go on throughout the year. I hope you enjoy the list we’ve compiled and find it informative:

6) TJ Storm



TJ Storm is an accomplished Voice Actor/Actor, Stuntman and 5 time Martial Arts Master Inductee who has done work on many notable games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops III, he has done the voice for many characters such as Strider Hiryu, Birdie in Street Fighter V, Remy Neltz in Battlefied Hardline, Craig Murdock in Street Fighter x Tekken and Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Edgemaster of Soulcalibur and Quintin Rampage Jackson in UFC Undisputed 3. He has also gone uncredited as the voice of Col. Quaritch’s Mech Suit in Avatar and a Klingon on Star Trek, Mocap Actor for Colossus in Deadpool! Most importantly to us 90’s babies, he was the voice of Doom Master in Fox Kid’s - V.R. Troopers!

5) Travis Williams



Travis served as Producer of The Matrix Online, Tarzan and Super Street Fighter II Turbo and has held roles at Capcom, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Warner Bros. and Acclaim to name a few.

4) Marcus Montgomery



Marcus has been credited for work on games such as Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, Crash Bandicoot, Dance Central and even Rock Band! He is currently serving as Lead Game Designer at Glu Mobile after spending 2 and a half years at KixEye!

3) Ian Miller

Ian has been involved in Design for games such as Rise of the Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider(2013), Assassin’s Creed 1 and 2, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough. Ian is currently serving as Sr. Designer at Crystal Dynamics and has held roles in the past at Ubisoft in Shanghai and in the US, The Collective Studios, LucasArts and Fox Interactive.

2) Jamaal Bradley



Jamaal has been credited for work on Mark Ecko’s Getting Up, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault - Breakthrough, Portal, Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and the Left 4 Dead series, Jamaal has since moved from the Gaming Industry to join Dreamworks Animation, he is currently serving as Supervising Animator for movies such as The Croods, Penguins of Madagascar and The Croods 2, which is slated for release in late December of 2017.

1) Tony Barnes



Tony Barnes has worked on many games we had in our list of reboots we needed to see and has been in the gaming industry for over 25 years and is the second black male to work in the industry, starting his career off when he was 14 years old after selling his indie games to Antic Magazine which at the time was The Atari Magazine. He holds multiple Platinum Plaques and received his first for the series he and a small team created; The Strike Series consisted of Jungle Strike, Urban Strike and Desert Strike, kicking off an entire genre of top down war-time helicopter simulators and served as inspiration for the series to continue into Soviet Strike, Nuclear Strike and later Mercenaries which was pitched as a revival of the series.

Tony has also be credited for games such as Strider(2014), Medal of Honor(2010), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Legacy of Kain, Buffy the Vampire Slayer(2002), Road Rash, Jet Moto 3, Gex and Madden 94’, he has also gone uncredited for some works he’s done behind the scenes, such as Midnight Club 4: LA. Tony has touched every role in the actual production of them game from programming to design, give it up for this 1 man team!





I’d also like to take this chance to point out why I support the film Licks so much, it’s not because my friends made it, it is because it points out the struggle of growing up in Oakland/The Bay Area and the choices that you are presented with on a daily basis.



Having been faced with decisions similar to those displayed in the film, and being part of activities that could’ve landed me jail or worse in the long run I fully relate to the premise of the film and believe it is being overlooked because of the fact that it is an Indie film; As someone coming out of these situations I can honestly say, as he said in the film…Everybody deserves a second chance. I hope you enjoyed reading this information about black males behind the scenes in the Entertainment Industry.



Link: Licks Movie



Tony Barnes

IMDB: Tony Barnes

Personal Site: Twitch Factor

LinkedIn: Tony Barnes

Jamaal Bradley

IMDB: Jamaal Bradley

LinkedIn: Jamaal Bradley



Ian Miller

LinkedIn: Ian Miller



Marcus Montgomery

LinkedIn: Marcus Montgomery



Travis Williams

IMDB: Travis Williams

LinkedIn: Travis Williams



TJ Storm

IMDB: TJ Storm

LinkedIn: TJ Storm

