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Name |
John Carter McKnight |
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Your Pet Monster |
Astro Monster v2 |
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Location: |
Chandler , AZ, US |
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Personal URL: |
http://johncartermcknight.com/ |
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Affiliation (company, school, group, e.g.): |
Arizona State University |
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Affiliation URL: |
http://cspo.org/ |
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"If my life story were a game, it would be a cross between (a game from before 2000) and (a game from 2000 or later)... |
Space:1889 and Phoenix Wright , Ace Attorney |
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"Most people know me as a (check all that apply): |
Writer , Student, Teacher, Public Speaker, Researcher |
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When it comes to my game-making career, I'm: |
a newbie (no game experience… yet!) |
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Kinds of games I’m best known for making (or want to be known for making someday!): (check all that apply) |
Social games , MMOs, Alternate reality games, Simulations, Educational games, Workplace/Enterprise/Productivity games |
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Will Collaborate For: |
Creative Fulfillment and Fun , Experience and Mentorship, Money |
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Anything else you want to say about the kinds of projects or people or organizations you’d like to work with? |
I’m interested in community design and management, using games to spark creative thinking about technology and social change: museum people, educators (especially those working outside traditional classrooms), innovators and entrepreneurs all have important pieces of these puzzles. |
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Games I’ve worked on: |
I’ve turned law students loose in World of Warcraft to build their own communities: does that count? |
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Skills and Superpowers: (What abilities would you bring to a collaboration?) |
Incredible breadth: I know stuff and people across an amazing range of fields, from space exploration to fashion design. I’m a great cross-fertilizer, networker and team builder. |
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3 games I’ve played that changed my life: |
Risk taught me there’s no such thing as the magic circle. Alter Ego got me to make peace with my childhood in a way therapy never did. WoW showed me there’s more to gamer culture than just teenage smack talk. |