Steve Peters (game designer)
| Steve Peters | |
|---|---|
 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
- This is Not a Game (contributing author)
- Space Time Play (contributing author)
Interviews
- Transmedia.ca: Steve Peters Interview 2012
- Popular Mechanics: Epic Win: The World's Most Lavish Gaming Gifts 2009
- WIRED: Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games 2007
- ARGNetcast: The Steve Peters Experience 2006
- Geekson Podcast: Steve Peters talks about a new geek art form 2006
- BNet: Bees, ARGs, and the Birth of the Collective Detective 2005
- Globe and Mail Canada:Advertisers reap real-world benefits from 'alternate reality' 2005
- ABC Radio Australia: Alternate Reality 2004
- Wired: I Love Bees Game a Surprise Hit 2004
- G4 TV: I Love Bees Mystery Continues (video) 2004
References
- ↑ No Mimes Media: About Us
- ↑ "ProVideo Coalition: Emmy® Award-Winning Fourth Wall Studios' Founders to Premiere New Interactive Show at Fall ETE". Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Dirty Work (credits)". Rides.tv. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ↑ "StoryForward Podcast". storyforwardpodcast.com. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ↑ "GeeksOn Podcast: Episode 64". Geekson.com. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "ARG Netcast, Episode 42: Live from Pasadena". Argnetcast.com. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ ARGFest 2008 Speaker Bio
- ↑ "88th Annual ADC Award Winners". Adcglobal.org. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "Steve Peters – the art of the ARG". The Workbook Project. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- 1 2 ARGNET: 42 Entertainment Wins Prestigious Grand Prix Award at Cannes
- 1 2 Rose, Frank (February 10, 2007). "Wired Magazine: Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games". Wired. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival: 50+ Years of Grand Prix". Canneslions.com. February 20, 2007. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- 1 2 "Chat with the Vanishing Point Game developers". Neowin. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "ARG Reporter: 15 Questions to Steve Peters". Patmo.de. January 15, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- 1 2 ARGNet: Last Call Poker PM Chat Transcript
- ↑ "ARGdb". ARGdb. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ ARGNet
- ↑ "Dark Detour Creative Team". Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "IMDB". Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ No Mimes Media: The Hunt Credits
- ↑ "No MImes Media: Threshold Credits". Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "No Mimes Media: Steve Peters bio". Nomimes.com. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "25 Questions to Steve Peters". ARGReporter.de. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Metacortechs Credits/Cast". Metacortechs.com. Retrieved January 4, 2012.