I just realized that the entries I’d posted to my Work-in-Progress section over on the BOTA minisite was way out of date, to the tune of over 11,000 words behind. That’s a lot of words. So, I’m posting two more chapters now, and will post some more as soon as I get out from under some of these client projects. These two bring readers up through the big shoot-out scene I mentioned before. Let me know what you think!
(Also, the Journal section for BOTA has been rendered useless by this larger writing journal. I’ll probably remove it when I next rework the site – take that out, remake the way the work-in-progress appears, and add an illustrations section. Ah, projects!)
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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