I’m posting this courtesy of Puck, my Treo 650. (Yes, Tom, I know it’s also the name of your Mac Mini, but anyone who’s ever held a Treo will appreciate the name.) I just crossed the state line into Michigan, and as a native Ohioan I once again have that unsettling feeling of being a Palestinian walking through Israel. Or vice versa, take your pick. Either way, this is where the world ends.
Ah, Michigan. Boooo. 🙂
(And to Laura, Em, Mark, Erin, Mike, Andrea and my other friends in Michigan, I love you guys. Now please move.)
Storyteller, scholar, consultant. Loving son, husband and father. Kindhearted mischief-maker.
I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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