Steve Peters (game designer) explained

Steve Peters
Birth Date:1961
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation:Experience Designer
Nationality:American

Steve Peters (born 1961) is an American independent game designer and experience designer specializing in alternate reality games and transmedia storytelling. Steve was 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. From 2012 through 2017, he hosted the StoryForward Podcast,[4] a show that explored 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 the Alternate Reality Gaming Network[17] (now ARGNet) in 2002.

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  1. http://nomimes.com/about.php No Mimes Media: About Us
  2. Web site: ProVideo Coalition: Emmy® Award-Winning Fourth Wall Studios' Founders to Premiere New Interactive Show at Fall ETE . November 12, 2012.
  3. Web site: Dirty Work (credits) . Rides.tv . November 12, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120615000153/http://rides.tv/watch/dirtywork/ . June 15, 2012 . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: StoryForward Podcast . storyforwardpodcast.com . July 29, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626035835/http://www.storyforwardpodcast.com/ . June 26, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  5. Web site: GeeksOn Podcast: Episode 64 . Geekson.com . January 4, 2012.
  6. Web site: ARG Netcast, Episode 42: Live from Pasadena . Argnetcast.com . January 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120225125830/http://www.argnetcast.com/2007/12/arg-netcast-episode-42-live-from-pasadena/ . February 25, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  7. http://2008.argfestocon.com/about/panels-speakers/special-guests/ ARGFest 2008 Speaker Bio
  8. Web site: 88th Annual ADC Award Winners . https://archive.today/20120716175012/http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/search/?year=12&id=2273 . dead . July 16, 2012 . Adcglobal.org . January 4, 2012 .
  9. Web site: Steve Peters – the art of the ARG . The Workbook Project . January 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100223084452/http://workbookproject.com/2009/05/tcibr-podcast-steve-peters/ . February 23, 2010 . dead . mdy-all .
  10. http://www.argn.com/2009/06/42_entertainment_wins_prestigious_grand_prix_award_at_cannes/ ARGNET: 42 Entertainment Wins Prestigious Grand Prix Award at Cannes
  11. Rose . Frank . Wired Magazine: Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games . Wired . February 10, 2007 . January 4, 2012.
  12. Web site: Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival: 50+ Years of Grand Prix . Canneslions.com . February 20, 2007 . January 4, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929041137/http://www.canneslions.com/lions/lightbox.cfm?sub_channel_id=251&height=530&width=820&modal=true . September 29, 2011 . mdy-all .
  13. Web site: Chat with the Vanishing Point Game developers . https://archive.today/20130221231927/http://www.neowin.net/news/main/07/02/01/chat-with-the-vanishing-point-game-developers . dead . February 21, 2013 . Neowin . January 4, 2012 .
  14. Web site: ARG Reporter: 15 Questions to Steve Peters . Patmo.de . January 15, 2009 . January 4, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091220023933/http://www.patmo.de/en/2009/01/29/15-questions-to-steve-peters . December 20, 2009 . mdy-all .
  15. http://www.argn.com/2005/11/last_call_poker_pm_chat_transcript/ ARGNet: Last Call Poker PM Chat Transcript
  16. Web site: ARGdb . ARGdb . January 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008005330/http://argdb.com/game/19/ . October 8, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
  17. http://www.argn.com/author/steve_peters/ ARGNet
  18. Web site: Shorty Awards . July 30, 2021.
  19. Web site: Vacancy Magazine: Twenty One Pilots Breaks the Guinness World Record for the Longest Music Video . July 30, 2021.
  20. Web site: IMDb . . July 30, 2021.
  21. Web site: Eurobest 2018 Brand Experience and Activation Entries . July 30, 2021.
  22. Web site: Dark Detour Creative Team . February 24, 2015.
  23. Web site: Rides.tv video credits . May 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130323202300/http://rides.tv/redrum/ . March 23, 2013 . mdy-all .
  24. Web site: IMDB . . May 21, 2013.
  25. Web site: Rides.tv video credits . May 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130404032323/http://rides.tv/airship-dracula/ . April 4, 2013 . mdy-all .
  26. Web site: Rides.tv video credits . May 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130713014125/http://rides.tv/the-gamblers/ . July 13, 2013 . mdy-all .
  27. Web site: Rides.tv video credits . May 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130313095524/http://rides.tv/goldfish-theatre/ . March 13, 2013 . mdy-all .
  28. Web site: Rides.tv video credits . May 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130610193707/http://rides.tv/home-a-ghost-story/ . June 10, 2013 . mdy-all .
  29. Web site: Notes on this series initiated by Rik Lander View Series . Nonviral: Mime Academy Review . Vonviral.com . October 18, 2010 . January 4, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326195059/http://vonviral.com/group/mimeacademy . March 26, 2012 . mdy-all .
  30. https://www.wired.com/2011/01/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-making-of-ciscos-game-the-hunt/ WIRED: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of Cisco's ARG The Hunt
  31. Web site: No MImes Media: Threshold Credits . January 4, 2012.
  32. Web site: No Mimes Media: Steve Peters bio . Nomimes.com . January 4, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111017121326/http://www.nomimes.com/team/steve-peters.html . October 17, 2011 . mdy-all .
  33. Web site: 25 Questions to Steve Peters. ARGReporter.de . May 23, 2013.
  34. Web site: Metacortechs Credits/Cast . Metacortechs.com . January 4, 2012.