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  Garry Kitchen is a video game designer, creator, and programmer who is best known for his work at Activision during the early years of the company's history. His career in interactive entertainment spans over 30 years, initially as a toy designer and quickly transitioning into a pioneer in the launch of the video game industry. From 1981-1995, Garry was an industry leader in the development of home video games. He has developed games for the Atari 2600, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. His port of Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600 was a major hit for Coleco, selling over 4 million copies. His other 2600 work includes Keystone Kapers and Pressure Cooker for Activision and Space Jockey for U.S. Games. He also wrote Garry Kitchen's GameMaker and The Designer's Pencil for the Commodore 64.

Kitchen co-founded Absolute Entertainment, Inc. with ex-Activision developers, building it into one of the leading video game developers in North America. Under his leadership, Absolute created more than 120 software titles while working with such leading entertainment companies as Nintendo, Sega, Sony, 3DO, Paramount Pictures, MCA, 20th Century Fox, and Acclaim.

Garry Kitchen, along with his brother Dan Kitchen and David Crane, founded Audacity Games in November 2020 to develop Atari 2600 games to be played on retro consoles. They plan to release these games as both physical copies alongside digital versions that are emulator-friendly. Their first title released is Circus Convoy, a collaboration between Garry Kitchen and David Crane. 

     Edwin "IRONPINKY" Huang is a Professional comic artist, illustrator and storyboard artist with 15+ years of professional experience. Edwin is well known for his work at UDON Entertainment penciling Street Fighter 6, Street Fighter Unlimited and Street Fighter vs Darkstalkers. Edwin worked on Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series and its spin-offs, as well as the Mega Man comic book series and has also contributed to the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series published by IDW Publishing. Edwin has also done work in the video game industry, as he contributed 8 different character designs for Ultra Street Fighter IV DLC and also did the promotional and cover art for TMNT: Shredder's Revenge. Edwin is also a concept artist at Premium Collectibles Studio and has done statue designs for Street Fighter, TMNT, Mortal Kombat, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Marvel, & WWE.