I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or not that food can be used to belay panic attacks. Like tonight, for instance. I’m trying to do my taxes, juggle several client projects, answer over 115 emails and turn around a couple of personal thunderballs to boot. Up comes the wave of overattempting, down goes the overattempter. Thrashing and desperately flailing for a lifeline, our hero orders pizza. 45 minutes later (and $18 poorer), our hero feels better. Completely unmoved to do anything but lie on the couch in a grease-induced food coma, but better nevertheless.
Sigh. So much for the diet.
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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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