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Manfred Macx

"So this is a task that will advance my monster? OK, OK, I’m doing it, I’m doing it. Now what??" · View

  • Name

    Manfred Macx

    Your Pet Monster

    Flock Monster v1

    Location:

    Rockville

    Personal URL:

    http://manfredmacx.tumblr.com

    "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)...

    If my life were a game, it would be a cross between Shadowrun and The Bourne Conspiracy.

    "Most people know me as a (check all that apply):

    Entrepreneur, Startup Founder, Hacker, Researcher

    When it comes to my game-making career, I'm:

    a newbie (no game experience… yet!)

    Kinds of games I’m best known for making (or want to be known for making someday!): (check all that apply)

    Alternate reality games, Simulations, Crowdsourcing games, Workplace/Enterprise/Productivity games

    Will Collaborate For:

    Creative Fulfillment and Fun, Free Food, Experience and Mentorship, School Credit, Money, Big Money, A Chance at a Nobel Prize

    Anything else you want to say about the kinds of projects or people or organizations you’d like to work with?

    Jane McGonigal’s idea that games are the path to changing the world resonated very strongly with me. I had been trying some other methods to do that for the last few years, but I’ve not made nearly as much progress as I’d like.

    Games I’ve worked on:

    Thus far, none. I bring a lot of other contacts and skills to the mix. Think of me as a sort of transmedia producer waiting to happen.

    Skills and Superpowers: (What abilities would you bring to a collaboration?)

    I’m actually the front man for the group behind this name. We’re a little shy, since some of us are quite recognizable.