Well Played 2.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning - OpenLibra

Stephen Jacobs is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interactive
Games and Media and the Director of the Lab for Technological Literacy
at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he teaches courses
in game history, analysis, design and writing. He also currently serves as
the Visiting Scholar at The International Center for the History of Electronic
Games at the Strong National Museum of Play where he assists in
exhibit design and collections interpretation.
Andy Jih
Andy Jih is a producer and game designer living and working in Pittsburgh,
PA. He most recently was the VP of Production at Evil Genius
Designs, a Pittsburgh start-up company focused on bridging the gap
between game design and location-based entertainment through the use
of mobile devices. Prior to Evil Genius Designs, Andy was a producer at
Schell Games where he worked on projects ranging from Nintendo Wii
titles and an original IP Nintendo DSi game to an interactive theme park
attraction at Epcot.
Jesper Juul
Jesper Juul has been working with the development of video game
theory since the late 1990’s. An occasional game developer (including
collaborations with Rasmus Keldorff), he is a visiting arts professor at
the NYU Game Center, and has previously worked at the Singapore-MIT
GAMBIT Lab at MIT and at the IT University of Copenhagen. His book
Half-Real on video game theory was published by MIT press in 2005. His
recent book A Casual Revolution examines how puzzle games, music
games, and the Nintendo Wii are bringing video games to a new audience.
He maintains the blog The Ludologist on “game research and other
important things”.
Rasmus Keldorff
Rasmus Keldorff is a game designer, artist, and developer. He has
worked on several dozen online and download games while at planet.dk,
LEGO, GameTrust, RealGames, and as single-man outfit
RazorMouse; most notably “Shroomz” (Billboard Downloadable Game
of the Year 2004). With Jesper Juul, he has collaborated on a handful of
game projects to date, including High Seas: The Family Fortune
(GameTrust 2007). He is currently consulting with MiniClip.com on upcoming
multiplayer experiences, whilst working on new original concepts
for social & touch games.
Frank Lantz
Frank Lantz is Creative Director and co-Founder of Area/Code, a New
York based developer that creates cross-media, location-based, and
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