Game designer, educator and writer. Professor and Chair emeritus, USC Interactive Media & Games Division, USC School of Cinematic Arts; Director, Game Innovation Lab, USC. 2014, named Director, USC Games Program, an interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of Cinematic Arts and the Viterbi School of Engineering, USC. The Game Innovation Lab has produced several influential independent games, including Cloud, flOw, Darfur is Dying, and The Night Journey, with artist Bill Viola.