I don’t know where to start, and I’m kind of in a hurry at the moment so I can’t type for long, but suffice it to say that Fray Day DC was a rip-roaring success. I’ll be posting media later this week, but for now — a HUGE thank you to all the people who showed up, told stories, or just threw us support! There are all kinds of stories to be told about the event and this weekend, and as soon as I get a chance to breathe I’ll start spilling ’em.
Oh, and one other thing. That girl I mentioned before? The one that necessitated Billy Joel lyrics? Yeah. That one.
God bless hazel eyes.
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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