Never been much into westerns I’m afraid. I remember when Unforgiven was the big Oscar fave–I finally managed to go see it and I fell asleep. For shame–but it was late and I had had a long day of doing whatever it was I was doing in the early 90s. I also want to clarify about dance films–I want to see the resurgance of bad, cheesy dance films. God, remember the days of fast Forward and Breakin’ I’d also like to see truly sexy movies make a comeback. What happened to the days of the good erotic thrillers? Did Jade kill it for good? Can In the Cut help?
Speaking of Meg Ryan, what is up with her face? At the Toronto Film Festival she was sporting some crazy new surgery that was nutty. it’s must be so weird for reporters when stars get drastically, obvious bad surgery because you don’t know whether to talk about it in front of them–seems tacky and rude–yet if they had a cast on their arm, you’d ask, ‘Hey, what happened?’ But it’s not like Marie Osmond can show up on Conan to plug her dolls and Conan can say, “Marie, what the fuck happened to your face?!” Bad plastic surgery is the big elephant in the room. It’s all anyone can think of when looking at some of these folks and yet, it’s verboden to talk about. Hmmmm.
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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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