About Silverware Games
Silverware Games was founded in 2006 by Michael Silverman. We develop and distribute games, and provide information about games and media focusing on the indie games scene.
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The Team
We have worked with freelancers, and volunteers consisting of everything from talented musicians to highly skilled computer scientists. Below is a listing of our most recent collaborators.
Ben graduated from USC with a BS in Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business, as well as two minors in East Asian Languages & Cultures and Video Game Design & Management. His favorite sports are tennis, fútbol, and Starcraft.
Stephen has written scores to several short films, some of which have been shown at film festivals, including one that was shown at the Rushes Soho Shorts festival in London. In 2002, Stephen was the first winner of the UK competition ‘Cathcart Spring Prom Young Composer of the Year’ for composers aged 11-18, with his piece for symphony orchestra, ‘Jubilee Celebration’. The piece was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Arnold.
In addition to writing orchestral and ensemble music, Stephen also writes electronic music. In 2007, he wrote a short electronic track entitled ‘Let’s Move’ for the Microsoft ‘Xbox Soundtracks’ competition, where he had to write music for an Xbox video game trailer. The track was one of the Top 10 tracks selected from UK submissions that went forward to a world-wide public vote on the Xbox website. Stephen is currently studying ‘Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television’ at the University of Southern California.
Benjamin X. Chang - Production Consultant
Production Consultant Ben has production experience in the publishing, development, and nonprofit sectors of the video game industry. Prior to joining Silverware Games, he produced events for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, supported online communities at Disney Interactive Studios, and co-founded a 16-member indie development team. He currently leads playtests and assists production for AAA titles at 2K Games.Ben graduated from USC with a BS in Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business, as well as two minors in East Asian Languages & Cultures and Video Game Design & Management. His favorite sports are tennis, fútbol, and Starcraft.
Kyle Sabo - Software Engeneer and QA Director
Kyle was a supporter of Silverware Games from the start, taking the QA lead on Jezz Cubed.Michael Silverman - Founder
Michael is the founder of Silverware Games and graduate of the University of Rochester with a B.A. in Mathematics and an Honors B.S. in Computer Science. He was part of the URCS Department's Synchronization Group designing "swarm" the scalable multi-threaded game engine using the RSTM library. In the industry, he did special effects coding on "Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution" for the Xbox 360.Stephen Webster - Audio Director
Stephen graduated from the University of Cambridge, UK, in June 2008 with a BA in Music. He is also a pianist, having achieved a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (LRSM) in Piano Performance in December 2004.Stephen has written scores to several short films, some of which have been shown at film festivals, including one that was shown at the Rushes Soho Shorts festival in London. In 2002, Stephen was the first winner of the UK competition ‘Cathcart Spring Prom Young Composer of the Year’ for composers aged 11-18, with his piece for symphony orchestra, ‘Jubilee Celebration’. The piece was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Arnold.
In addition to writing orchestral and ensemble music, Stephen also writes electronic music. In 2007, he wrote a short electronic track entitled ‘Let’s Move’ for the Microsoft ‘Xbox Soundtracks’ competition, where he had to write music for an Xbox video game trailer. The track was one of the Top 10 tracks selected from UK submissions that went forward to a world-wide public vote on the Xbox website. Stephen is currently studying ‘Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television’ at the University of Southern California.