Jonathan Coulton

Jonathan Coulton is a person that is credited in 6 games


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Creator of the popular ending credits song 'Still Alive' from the game Portal and all around geek king. Writes songs about science-fiction, technology, programming and many other topics.

Mini-Bio

Jonathan Coulton ( known as JoCo to fans ) is a singer/ songwriter/ guitarist/former programmer/self-described geek/monkey lover, born on December 1st, 1970. He's known widely for his "Thing A Week" Podcast, and writing Still Alive for Portal. JoCo is a Yale graduate, and ex-programmer. While attending Yale, JoCo met John Hodgman of Daily Show fame. The two are still good friends to to this day.

Discography

  • Smoking Monkey (2003)
  • Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow (2004)
  • Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms (2005)
  • Thing A Week One (2006)
  • Thing A Week Two (2006)
  • Thing A Week Three (2006)
  • Thing A Week Four (2006)
  • The Aftermath (2008)
  • JoCo Looks Back (2008) - Greatest songs album

Audiosurf

Jonathan Coulton's "Still Alive" exists as a track that can be played in Audiosurf both in its original version and a remixed version sung by Jonathan Coulton himself. In the holiday season 2008, the Audiosurf team brought on 4 of his songs which included "Chiron Beta Prime", "Christmas is Interesting", "Podsafe Christmas Song" and "IKEA" as part of their regular Audiosurf Radio update.

All of Jonathon Coulton's songs can be purchased on his website or from most online cd vendors.  If you've downloaded his songs "by other means", Coulton allows you to donate money to him if you wish to still support his work.

Jonathan Coulton games
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Name Platforms Developer
Portal: Still Alive
released on Oct. 22, 2008
XBLM Valve Corporation
Rock Band 2
released on Sept. 14, 2008
X360, PS2, WII, PS3 Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Pi Studios, LLC.
Audiosurf
released on Feb. 15, 2008
PC
Rock Band
released on Nov. 20, 2007
X360, PS3, WII, PS2 Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Pi Studios, LLC.
The Orange Box
released on Oct. 10, 2007
X360, PC, PS3 Valve Corporation
Portal
released on Oct. 9, 2007
PC Valve Corporation


Full Name: Jonathan Coulton
Gender: Male
Birthday: Dec. 1, 1970
Death: n/a
Credited In: 6 games
1st Game Credit: Portal
Currently Working For:
Hometown: New York City, NY
Country: United States
Website: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/
Email Address: joco@jonathancoulton.com
Aliases:
Jonathan Coulton


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