So as I mentioned in my last post, I’ve once again been bitten by the health bug. The wheels on the bike go round and round, and the gray metal dumbbells go up and down. I’ve also been investing some money in various pieces of equipment. Last fall I bought some Nike ACG equipment, including a shirt, pants and a great set of running trail shoes, and now I’m looking for some warm stuff to go with ’em, so I can go get out of this house a little in the near future. The trouble is, right now it’s nineteen frickin’ degrees, and while I’m all about pretending that I’m braving the Arctic conditions and hauling my ass up Everest… Um, no.
C’mon, springtime!
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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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