Quick facts & trivia:
+ As she says herself, she's 5’7” but with shoes on probably 5’8” or 5’9”.
+ She is Eurasian: 25% Chinese, 25% Australian and 50%
Canadian.
+ Some of Jade's fans consider themselves members of the
"Jade Empire", after a video game of the same name.

+ Jade's favorite video game character is Donkey Kong. She particularly enjoys the Donkey Kong Country games found on the old Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).

+ Her current favorite video game addiction is to Resident Evil 4. Plus, she was lucky enough to get to interview Capcom designer Nate Williams who worked on the game.

+ Jade's public on-line username she uses to post on G4's and on The Electric Playground's forums is "IBJade". It is rumored that she also uses this name on Xbox live.

+ Jade has lead the creation teams for best selling entertainment titles for IBM and Crayola.

+ She developed the first ever massively multi-user 3D
shopping experience program for Microsoft.

+ After presenting at the 2003 Game Developer Award's
Ceremony, Jade was asked by The Electric Playground's Co-host and
executive producer Victor Lucas to be a Co-host on his show.
+ Jade's first work on television was Co-hosting on The
Electric Playground.
+ Considers being the night shift switchboard operator
at a local hospital as the worst job she has had. She found it too
stressful to have people's well-being depend on her responsiveness
that early in the morning.
+ Lead the team responsible for Sony Online's most
trafficked offering, Jeopardy. Which was played by over 3,000 users
simultaneously.

+ Founded the first Research and Development group
within Sony Online.

+ Jade was the producer of the popular The Sims: Online
video game.
+ Jade has a weak spot for video games that feature
monkeys.
+ While filming an interview for a Star Wars game, kids
were coming up asking for her autograph. Seeing her surrounded by
Stormtroopers, fans thought she was Star Wars star Natalie
Portman.
+ Along with her working on The Electric Playground,
Jade makes games at video game developer Ubisoft.

+ Her first job after college was programming video
games for Sony.
+ She once spent 10 hours each day for 3 months playing
the game Everquest.
+ She lists Engadget, Bluesnews and Gamespot her
favorite websites.
+ He top five bands/artists are: The Arcade Fire, The
Killers, The Shins, anything produced by Dr. Dre or little Louis
Vega, The Pixies.
+ Her five movies are: Hero, Evil Dead 2, The
Magnificent Seven, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and The
Professional.
+ Her top five TV shows are: Lost, Alias, 24, Aqua Teen
Hunger Force, and Six Feet Under.
+ Her top five video games of all time are: Resident
Evil 4, Prince of Persia Sands of Time, Intelligent Cube, Tekken 3,
Incredible Crisis and Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
+ Jade was a presenter at the 2003 Game Developer
Award's Ceremony.
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