Jaffe is originally from
Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in
San Diego, California. He was born to a
Jewish family. Jaffe graduated from Alabama's
Mountain Brook High School, located in
Mountain Brook, AL, a suburb of Birmingham. Jaffe then attended the
University of Southern California in
Los Angeles. Jaffe is known for directing the
Twisted Metal series and
God of War. Jaffe's
Twisted Metal: Black and
God of War both ranked in
IGN's "Top 25 PS2 Games of All Time", with
Twisted Metal: Black in ninth place and
God of War winning first place as IGN's best
PS2 game of all time. In 2007, Jaffe left
SCEA then founded
Eat Sleep Play. The studio signed a multi-year deal with
Sony to create games exclusively for PlayStation platforms. He left Eat Sleep Play in February 2012 due to creative differences. In 2014, Jaffe announced his first project from his new studio
The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency called
Drawn to Death as a
PlayStation 4 exclusive. The game received mixed reviews, and due to the cancellation of an unannounced title, his newfound company shut down a year later. Jaffe expressed disdain for the mixed critical reception and insisted the reception from players of the game was more positive. ==Works==