OK, so this is definitely the season for Great New Media. The new R.E.M. album hits the streets next Tuesday, the new U2 single has already hit the web, but most importantly, there’s a brand-new Eddie From Ohio CD coming out in three short weeks. PEOPLE! THIS IS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION! You can pre-order it now at the Bulletproof Store; apparently the first 500 copies will be signed by the band. What are you waiting for? Go! Go!
(Unless, of course, you’re like me and am torn between ordering it online and buying it through iTunes… Oh, hell, it’s EFO. I will set aside my aversion to physical media for EFO.)
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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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