So yesterday afternoon I decided to kick the stupid Vicodin and switch over to Tylenol for my painkilling needs. The verdict? Well, it’s obvious that Tylenol isn’t as strong as Vicodin, which is both good and bad. I still have a dull, consistent ache throughout my head, but I can think. It’s hard to underestimate the value of a clear head.
Other things. Last night David, Kate and I went to go see Bubba Ho-Tep, which was just as dumb and surreal as I’d expected. I was amused. Kate was not. Oh, well – she gets to pick the next one, I guess.
Right now I’m hammering away like crazy on client projects, {fray} stories and other assorted thingamajigs, trying to make up for three days of drug-induced haziness. True story: I woke up this morning freaking out and thinking it was Tuesday. I hate Vicodin.
All this and I still haven’t come up with a good Halloween costume (or plans) yet. And Inkblots development is falling just a tad behind. Whoops. If the autumn issue doesn’t roll out until, say, mid-November, this is why. (Please keep ’em coming!)
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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