It’s the Next Big Thing, getting married. My college roommate Mark got married to his very-longtime girlfriend Erin; my friend Josh married his not-so-longtime-but-still-loving girlfriend Amy a while back; my old friend Robin got hitched not too long ago; and my good man George finally made an honest woman out of his long-term girlfriend earlier this summer. My (younger!) cousin Phil, a cousin of my friend Laura, and Zeldman all tied the knot on Saturday. (Not to each other, you understand. Different weddings.) My friend Lis is getting hitched soon, as are two of my exes.
All of this makes me nervous. I love weddings, and it’s awesome to see all these people so happy. They do, however, make me a little uncomfortable; it’s unsettling to see all these great people dropping like flies. While I don’t believe men have biological clocks, there’s definitely a part of me that’s saying, Yikes, I’d better get with the program. Which is, of course, poppycock — I have plenty of time, and I don’t even think I’m ready to get married yet. But, you know… Still. Rats.
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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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