And northward reaches in that violet wedge

Douglas Wilson

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Games

2011-Present: Game Designer & Partner, Die Gute Fabrik
2009-2011: Co-Founder, Copenhagen Game Collective

Selected projects:

In Progress: Johann Sebastian Joust!
In Progress: Mutatione
In Progress: Beacons of Hope (link coming soon)
In Progress: Dog The Wag (link coming soon)
In Progress: Pillow Time! (link coming soon)
In Progress: Monkey See, Monkey Mime

2010: Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now (a.k.a. B.U.T.T.O.N.)
2009: Fuck You, It's Art!
2009: Train Mafia
2009: 5 Minute MMORPG
2008: Dark Room Sex Game
2007: Euclidean Crisis

Installations

Selected projects:

2011: Mega-GIRP
2011: Robo-QWOP (link coming soon)
2005: Music Walk (link coming soon)

Research

PhD Candidate, Center For Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen
Advisers: T.L. Taylor, Miguel Sicart

Research interests: folk games, physical games, gestural games, broken games, abusive game design, design practice, Arendtian action

Selected Publications:

[abstract] Wilson, D. Disentangling Personal Style from Artistic "Expression": Hokra, Nidhogg, Pole Riders, and the Indie Arcade.
[draft] Wilson, D. In Celebration of Low-Process Intensity.
[forthcoming] Wilson, D. Dialogic Game Design.

[html] Wilson, D. (2011). Brutally Unfair Tactics Totally OK Now: On Self-Effacing Games and Unachievements. Game Studies, Vol. 11 (1).
[pdf] Wilson, D. & Sicart, M. (2010). Now It's Personal: On Abusive Game Design. FuturePlay 2010. Vancouver, Canada. May, 2010.
[chapter] Wilson, D. (2008). Look Before You Warp. In Ed. Luke Cuddy, The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am. Open Court.

Teaching

IT University of Copenhagen:

2009: Co-Instructor, Introduction to Computer Game Design
2009: Co-Instructor, Design for Board/Card Games

Stanford University:

2006-2007: Head Teaching Assistant, CS106A: Programming Methodology
2005-2007: Head Teaching Assistant, CS105: Introduction to Computers
2005: Teaching Assistant, STS145: The History of Computer Game Design
2003-2005: Section Leader, CS106 Introductory Computer Science series

Miscellaneous

Writings:

2008: Grand Pianola Game Music, GameSetWatch
2008: What Super Mario Galaxy's Rosalina Shows Us About Storytelling, GameSetWatch

Lectures:

2011: Intentionally Broken Game Design and the Art of "Deputizing" Players, GDC Europe 2011
2010: Broken Games, Medialab Prado

Interviews:

2011: Putting these stupid controllers back in their place, The Happy Medium
2011: GDC Europe Speaker Spotlight: B.U.T.T.O.N.'s Douglas Wilson On Breaking The Rules, Gamasutra
2011: Road To The IGF: We're Very Uncomfortable With The Copenhagen Game Collective, Gamasutra

Curation:

2010: Nordic Game Indie Night 2010, Nordic Game Conference 2010
2010: Abusive Games Julefrokost, Babycastles
2011: Kill Screen vs Scandinavia, GDC 2011
2011: Nordic Game Indie Night 2011, Nordic Game Conference 2011
2011: F%!K THE SCREEN, Babycastles

Code:

Ongoing: UniMove

Videos:

2003: Crafting the Virtual World
2003: The Art of Interactive Storytelling

Radio:

2004-2007: Captain Dee, KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM

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