Douglas E. Wilson
contact@doougle.net
Game Designer, Programmer, PhD Student

Education
2001 — 2007	Stanford University — Stanford, CA Interdisciplinary Humanities Honors Program, BA Digital Humanities track Degree "with distinction" Computer Science, MS Human Computer Interaction (HCI) track
2007 — 2008	IT University of Copenhagen — Copenhagen, Denmark Fulbright Scholar, Guest Researcher
2008 — present	Georgia Tech — Atlanta, GA PhD Student

Awards & Honors
2008 — 2009	Georgia Tech President's Fellowship
2007 — 2008	Fulbright Scholar
2006	Phi Beta Kappa honor society
2002	Stanford President's Award
2001	Stanford President's Scholar

Work Experience
2006 — 2007	Head Teaching Assistant CS106A: Programming Methodology
2005 — 2007	Head Teaching Assistant CS105: Introduction to Computers
2004 — 2007	News Writer, Gamespot.com Example articles: "Tackling the Emily Dickinson license" "His Spore-ness addresses adoring throng" "Do games need stories?"
2005	Teaching Assistant STS145: The History of Computer Game Design
2005	RPM Music Director, KZSU 90.1 FM
2003 — 2005	Section Leader CS106 Introductory Computer Science Series
2004 — 2005	Head Peer Academic Counselor Florence Moore Hall, Stanford University
2004	Research Internship w/ Dr. Kenneth Salisbury C++/OpenGL coding for bone surgery simulation Contributed to CHAI3D haptics/graphics libraries

Projects
2007 — present	De Menezes International Game Designer, Programmer (UnrealScript) Political game about terrorism and paranoia Unreal 3.0 mod
2008 — present	Dark Room Sex Game Game Designer, Programmer (Java) Experimental no-graphics erotic rhythm game Designed for the 2008 Nordic Game Jam 1st Place, Open Category, 2008 Gotland Game Awards 1up Runnerup, Best E3 2008 PC Game IndieCade 2008 @ Open Satellite
2006 — 2007	Euclidean Crisis Game Designer, Programmer (C#) Stylus-controlled real-time strategy game Student Showcase finalist, 2007 Independent Games Festival
2007	"Teasing Out the Dimensions of Arcade Gameplay" Co-author, Programmer (Java) User-based study on interface size, physicality, and performance environment
2003 — 2004	Fictional Worlds, Virtual Experiences Assistant Curator, Video editor/author Exhibit at the Stanford Cantor Arts Museum Video histories on Digital Worlds and Interactive Narrative

Writing
2008 — present	GameSetWatch contributor "Rosalina pwns Ludologists" "Ceci N'est Pas Une Gamer"
2006 — 2008	"Look Before You Warp" Presented at Thinking Through New Media Conference, Duke University, 2006 Reprinted in Virtual Geographic. Reports from the Worlds of Videogames, Ed. I. Fulco, Trans. Matt Bittani, Italy: Costa & Nolan, 2006 Published in The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy, Ed. Luke Cuddy, Open Court, 2008 (forthcoming)
2007	"From Videogame to Virtual Playground and Beyond" Honors Thesis, Stanford University

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