Am having one of those days where I’m working like mad fury to get a couple things out the door, juggling some new potential clients, and keeping a skeptical eye on the bottom line. A good work day, in other words. However, for some reason I am also feeling unsatisfied with my chops as a designer – probably because I’ve been doing a lot of web conversions of other designers’ work lately. Good money, but not as creatively satisfying. As a result, am feeling the distinct urge to go and sit with my notebook and just draw or sketch or create for a while. Alas, meetings and work and whatnot are too much in abundance to permit too much of that at the moment.
Hmm. Maybe I’ll indulge myself just a little. If I wind up posting some new stuff here tonight or tomorrow, you’ll know which route I elected to take.
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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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