They found him leaning against the bridge,
staring at the sky and mouthing words,
his eyes flicking back and forth
as if he were watching the gods play tennis.
They swore he was a prophet,
they spread his legend far and wide
and across the country millions followed suit,
beating wide paths to the nearest bridges,
turning faces upward to trace invisible patterns
and make up silent lyrics as they went.
Eventually every single one of them saw it,
although none of them knew if they saw the same thing.
The language escaped them,
as did the motor skills,
but since each one saw what they were looking for,
none of them could be bothered to care.
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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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