{"id":5586,"date":"2018-07-09T16:08:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T20:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewkuhar.com\/blog\/?page_id=5586"},"modified":"2024-06-22T20:33:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T00:33:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andrewkuhar.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for stopping by! I&#8217;m Andrew Kuhar, an interactive &amp; visual designer from Cleveland, Ohio. In 2010, I received my BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art, with an emphasis in Game Design in the Digital Arts major. These days, I&#8217;m a UI\/UX Product Designer for <a href=\"https:\/\/thatgamecompany.com\/\">thatgamecompany<\/a> \u2013 a place I&#8217;ve wanted to be my whole career.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, I&#8217;ve written about video games for notable industry outlets such as Polygon, Engadget, Game Developer (previously Gamasutra), and Venturebeat (previously Gamesbeat). 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