Steve Peters (game designer)

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Steve Peters
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Steve Peters in Paris (2008)
Born 1961
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation Alternate Reality Game Designer

Steve Peters (born 1961) is a game designer, experience designer and podcast host specializing in alternate reality games and transmedia storytelling. Steve is currently Founder and Chief Creative Officer at No Mimes Media,[1] an Alternate Reality Game company which he co-founded with Maureen McHugh and Behnam Karbassi in March 2009. From 2011 to 2012, he was VP of Experience Design at Fourth Wall Studios,[2] where he was Lead Experience Designer for their Emmy® Award-Winning series Dirty Work,[3] among others. He currently hosts the StoryForward Podcast,[4] a show that explores the future of storytelling and entertainment.

From July 2006 to December 2008, he worked with 42 Entertainment[5][6][7] as Experience Designer, Game Designer and/or Community Manager. Projects on which he worked while at 42 Entertainment included Why So Serious (for the film The Dark Knight),[8][9][10] Year Zero (for the Nine Inch Nails album Year Zero),[11][12] The Vanishing Point (Microsoft's Vista Release),[13] Dead Man's Tale (for the film Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest),[14] and Last Call Poker (Activision's Game Gun).[15]

In 2003, Steve was a designer for Metacortechs[16] (an independent Alternate Reality Game based in the Matrix universe), and founded both the Alternate Reality Gaming Network[17] (now ARGNet) in 2002, and Vital Interactive Media in 1987.

Select Credits

  • Endgame: Ancient Societies: Experience Designer (2015)
  • Dark Detour: Creator, Writer, Experience Designer (2014, 2015)[18]
  • Redrum: Lead Experience Designer (2013)[19]
  • RVC: VP of Experience Design (2013)[20]
  • Dirty Work: Transmedia Design (2012)[20]
  • Meridian: Experience Designers, Transmedia Creative Director, Transmedia Design (2012)[20]
  • 6:14: VP of Experience Design (2012)[20]
  • Whispers: VP of Experience Design (2012)[20]
  • Flare: VP of Experience Design (2012)[20]
  • Airship Dracula: VP of Experience Design (2012)[21]
  • The Swarming: Transmedia Design (2012)[20]
  • Claire: Experience Designer (2012)[20]
  • The Gamblers: VP of Experience Design (2012)[22]
  • Goldfish Theatre: Lead Experience Designer (2012)[23]
  • Home: A Ghost Story: Senior Experience Designer, Transmedia Design (2012)[24]
  • Webishades: Lead Experience Designer (2010)[25]
  • The Hunt: Lead Experience Designer (2010)[26]
  • Mime Academy: Lead Experience Designer (2009)[25]
  • The Threshold: Lead Experience Designer (2009)[27]
  • 6 Minutes to Midnight: Experience Designer (2009)[28]
  • Why So Serious: Designer (2008)[10]
  • Year Zero: Designer (2007)[11]
  • The Vanishing Point: Designer (2007)[13]
  • Dead Man's Tale: Designer (2006)[29]
  • Last Call Poker: Independent Design Contractor (2005)[15]
  • Metacortechs: Designer (2003)[30]

External links

Website

Writings

Interviews

References

  1. No Mimes Media: About Us
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  7. ARGFest 2008 Speaker Bio
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  10. 10.0 10.1 ARGNET: 42 Entertainment Wins Prestigious Grand Prix Award at Cannes
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  17. ARGNet
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  26. No Mimes Media: The Hunt Credits
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