Professional Work
Kinney works full-time as a writer and designer of online games. He also created the kid-friendly website Poptropica, which is known by many children around the world. Poptropica even includes two islands called "Wimpy Wonderland" and "Wimpy Broadwalk", where the Diary of a Wimpy Kid characters and events are featured in the Poptropica universe. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has 58 million copies in print worldwide as of 2010 and was developed into a feature films for which Kinney served as executive producer and, in the case of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, as an actor.
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