Arnie Niekamp

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Arnie Niekamp
Full name Arnie Niekamp
Gender Male
Employer Jackbox Games (2005-present)[1]
Notable roles Director

Writer
Studio Editorial Director (2018-2023)

Studio Creative Director (2023-present)
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Arnie Niekamp is the Studio Creative Director at Jackbox Games.

Career

For The Jackbox Party Pack, Arnie served as director and writer for Drawful (and later its standalone sequel Drawful 2), co-director and editor for Lie Swatter, and was a head writer for all the other games in the pack, including You Don't Know Jack 2015 and Fibbage.

For The Jackbox Party Pack 2, Arnie directed Bidiots, and served as an assistant director and head writer for Bomb Corp.

For The Jackbox Party Pack 3, Arnie directed Fakin' It, and co-directed Trivia Murder Party with Mark Turowetz.

For The Jackbox Party Pack 4, Arnie directed Monster Seeking Monster, and served as editorial director for Bracketeering.

After being promoted to Studio Editorial Director, Arnie served as editorial director and writer for You Don't Know Jack: Full Stream in The Jackbox Party Pack 5.

For The Jackbox Party Pack 6, Arnie served as lead design and editorial for Trivia Murder Party 2.

For The Jackbox Party Pack 7, Arnie directed Talking Points.

For The Jackbox Party Pack 8, Arnie directed Weapons Drawn.

For The Jackbox Party Pack 9, Arnie served as lead editorial for Nonsensory.

Following his promotion to Studio Creative Director in 2023[2], Arnie would design the original concept for The Jackbox Survey Scramble.

For The Jackbox Party Pack 11, Arnie served as product owner for Suspectives.

Outside of Jackbox Games, Arnie is also the host of the Hello from the Magic Tavern podcast, which released its first episode in 2015.[3]

References

  1. LinkedIn, "Arnie Niekamp" (Retrieved February 23rd, 2025) https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnie-niekamp-a78a264/
  2. Twitter/X, @misterarnie, "In case you’re really interested in job title news: I am now the Studio Creative Director at@jackboxgames!" (November 28th, 2023) https://x.com/misterarnie/status/1729620489079841112
  3. Hello from the Magic Tavern, "1 - Hello from the Magic Tavern" (March 8th, 2015) https://hellofromthemagictavern.com/episodes/2015/03/09/1-hello-from-the-magic-tavern