Jeff Bellinger
Jeffrey Neil Bellinger is a game inventor and high school math teacher. Bellinger has invented games since he was 12 years old, his most popular being the Killer Bunnies series, which includes Killer Bunnies and the Quest for the Magic Carrot, Killer Bunnies and the Conquest of the Magic Carrot, Killer Bunnies and the Journey to Jupiter, Killer Bunnies and the Ultimate Odyssey, and KinderBunnies.
Biography
Bellinger was born and raised in New Jersey. During the 1980s, he attended Johnson Regional High School in his hometown of Clark and then Rutgers University where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.[1]
In the 1990s, Bellinger moved to Virginia to attend Old Dominion University where he earned his Master’s degree in Mathematics and Education. He has taught secondary science and mathematics education for over 20 years in New Jersey and Virginia.
Soon after settling in the San Diego area, Bellinger created the company Sarsen's Stuff and enjoyed a successful first few years of business floating four games on the market. Sarsen's Stuff dissolved in 2002, and his new company, Creative Team Alpha, started to freelance their work to larger publishing companies.[2][3]
Trivia
Killer Bunnies was originally a board game created in 1989. He's a teacher and he got one of his students, who used to doodle bunnies, to draw 10 bunnies.
He is a member of the United States Navy and has travelled extensively overseas.
He appeared on the show "The Weakest Link" and won, collecting $3,500.
Quotes
"I am a huge Star Trek fan, and when I say huge, I mean of galactic proportions!"
"We set out to make the game very schmaltzy, one of our rules is that we never show a bunny death. Impending death, yes, but actual blood and guts, no. Our weapons always have faces."
"Killer Bunnies, as bizarre as it may sound, could very well be considered a family game."
“Perspective is the greatest asset that I have gained during my travels. You never know where its come from, or when it’ll arrive, but after awhile [sic?], you know you have it.”
"Negative numbers go in big honkin' parentheses."
"Get DOWN with your bad self... and read from the meniscus!"