Smith & Tinker

{{Short description|American electronic entertainment company}}

{{for|the fictional characters|List of Oz characters (created by Baum)#Smith and Tinker}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Smith & Tinker

| logo = SmithandTinker.jpg

| type = Privately held

| foundation = April 2007{{cite web|url=http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/venture/archives/131683.asp?source=rss|title=Stealth startup of the week: Smith & Tinker|date=2008-02-13|accessdate=2008-03-20}}

| defunct = November 8, 2012

| location = Bellevue, Washington, U.S.{{cite web|url=http://nikkelhost.com/whois/whois.php?page=WhoisReport&domain=smithandtinker&ext=com|title=Whois Search|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714183043/http://nikkelhost.com/whois/whois.php?page=WhoisReport&domain=smithandtinker&ext=com|archivedate=2011-07-14}}

| key_people = Jordan Weisman
Joe Lawandus
Tim Lebel
Charles Merrin
Ryan Kyle

| industry = Entertainment

| products = Nanovor

| revenue = 29,000,000

| operating_income =

| net_income =

| num_employees = 40

| parent =

| subsid =

| homepage = http://www.smithandtinker.com

| footnotes =

}}

Smith & Tinker was an American electronic entertainment company founded in February 2007 by Jordan Weisman, Jeremy Bornstein, Lenny Raymond, and Kev Ray.{{cite web|url=http://jeremy.bornstein.org/|title=Resume of Jeremy Bornstein|accessdate=2010-03-25}} Weisman later brought in Tim Lebel and Joe Lawandus. On October 15, 2007, they announced that they had licensed from Microsoft the rights for Weisman's previous creations of MechWarrior, Shadowrun, Crimson Skies and other FASA titles and would be announcing their plans for these intellectual properties at a later date.{{cite web|url=http://www.smithandtinker.com/news|title=Smith & Tinker is pleased to announce that it has licensed from Microsoft the electronic entertainment rights for Mr. Weisman's previous creations...|date=2007-10-15|accessdate=2008-02-07|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213000516/http://www.smithandtinker.com/news|archivedate=2007-12-13}}

The name of the company was based upon the fictional characters Smith & Tinker, an artist and an inventor who are briefly mentioned in the Land of Oz series of books as the creators of Tik-Tok the machine man. This was evidenced by the mention of Emerald City on the company web site, and the use of Tik-Tok in the company logo.{{cite web|url=http://www.smithandtinker.com/about|title=Messrs. Smith & Tinker have assembled, in the Emerald City|accessdate=2008-02-08}}

The first game from Smith & Tinker was called Nanovor.{{cite web|url=http://www.nanovor.com|title=Nanovor}} Nanovor was an online battle game targeted to 7 - 12 year olds. Nanovor was released to public beta in May 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.smithandtinker.com/news/connect-collect-and-battle-with-nanovor.php|title=Connect, Collect & Battle with Nanovor|date=2009-05-27|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709061053/http://www.smithandtinker.com/news/connect-collect-and-battle-with-nanovor.php|archivedate=2009-07-09}} The company later released iOS games, one called Whirleo and another featuring Marvel Comics characters called KAPOW!

Contrary to rumors, Smith & Tinker was not in any way involved with MechWarrior Online, as after the failure to find funding for MechWarrior 5 in conjunction with Piranha Games, Piranha purchased Smith & Tinker's license to the MechWarrior franchise{{cite web|last=Bullock|first=Russ|title=President|url=https://twitter.com/russ_bullock/status/438080991635062784|work=Piranha Games|accessdate=24 February 2014}} which in turn is licensed from Microsoft.{{cite web| url = http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/11/01/microsoft-blocking-the-ps3-version-caused-the-death-and-rebirth-of-the-mechwarrior-reboot/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111102211503/http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/11/01/microsoft-blocking-the-ps3-version-caused-the-death-and-rebirth-of-the-mechwarrior-reboot/| archive-date = 2011-11-02| title = » Microsoft Blocking the PS3 Version Caused the Death (and Rebirth) of the MechWarrior Reboot » DualShockers}}

Smith & Tinker closed down on November 8, 2012.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}