So we’re about 3/4ths of the way through day 2 of MIT5, and the combination of last week’s THESIS craziness, this weekend’s intense series of panels and discussions, and the looming defense next week means my head is well full-up. If one were to look closely into my eyes one would see two little fuel gauges with the needles buried on the Fs. After a while it all sort of fuses together into a sort of white noise drone, zzzzzzzzzzzz – media – zzzzzzzzzzzzz – Heroes – zzzzzzzzzzz – Lost – zzzzzzzzzz – transmedia – zzzzzzzzzz – theory – zzzzzzzzzz – games – zzzzzzzzzzz – JenkinsJenkinsJenkins – zzzzzzzzzzzz – Eco – zzzzzzzzzz – Brooker – zzzzzzzzzzz – Kinder – zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I’m lucky to be here, I’m happy to be here, but at this point there’s a part of me that just wants to go see the new Ninja Turtles movie.
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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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