So things around here are going to be covered in sawdust for the next little while. I’m making some sorely-needed upgrades to a bunch of different things, moving some stuff around, and conducting a couple of experiments.
Things lately have been crazy busy (what else is new, right?) what with my five-year college reunion three weekends ago, then my friend Mike getting married two weekends ago, and then my friend Courtney from D.C. coming in to visit last weekend. Whoof! Much fun has been had, but it’s also thrown a spanner into my plans to get some of these upgrades done. Now I think I may have a little breathing room for the next day or so, so I’m going to tackle this stuff again. Once I get the new features in place, I’ll make some more leisurely (and detailed) weblog posts, I promise. Stay tuned!
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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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