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.
Select credits
- Mesmer & Braid (Alternate Reality Game): Co-Designer (2020)[18]
- Twenty One Pilots' Level of Concern (Alternate Reality Game): ARG Experience Designer (2020)[19]
- Blackout Interactive Series: Transmedia Experience Designer (2019)[20]
- The Quest for the Golden Bananas (Global Treasure Hunt): Lead Experience Designer (2018)[21]
- Endgame: Ancient Societies (Alternate Reality Game): Experience Designer (2015)
- Dark Detour: Creator, Writer, Experience Designer (2014, 2015)[22]
- Redrum: Lead Experience Designer (2013)[23]
- RVC: VP of Experience Design (2013)[24]
- Dirty Work: Transmedia Design (2012)[24]
- Meridian: Experience Designers, Transmedia Creative Director, Transmedia Design (2012)[24]
- 6:14: VP of Experience Design (2012)[24]
- Whispers: VP of Experience Design (2012)[24]
- Flare: VP of Experience Design (2012)[24]
- Airship Dracula: VP of Experience Design (2012)[25]
- The Swarming: Transmedia Design (2012)[24]
- Claire: Experience Designer (2012)[24]
- The Gamblers: VP of Experience Design (2012)[26]
- Goldfish Theatre: Lead Experience Designer (2012)[27]
- Home: A Ghost Story: Senior Experience Designer, Transmedia Design (2012)[28]
- Webishades (Alternate Reality Game): Lead Experience Designer (2010)[29]
- The Hunt (Alternate Reality Game): Lead Experience Designer (2010)[30]
- Mime Academy (Alternate Reality Game): Lead Experience Designer (2009)[29]
- The Threshold (Alternate Reality Game): Lead Experience Designer (2009)[31]
- 6 Minutes to Midnight (Alternate Reality Game): Experience Designer (2009)[32]
- Why So Serious (Alternate Reality Game): Designer (2008)[10]
- Year Zero (Alternate Reality Game): Designer (2007)[11]
- The Vanishing Point (Alternate Reality Game): Designer (2007)[13]
- Dead Man's Tale: Designer (2006)[33]
- Last Call Poker (Alternate Reality Game): Independent Design Contractor (2005)[15]
- Metacortechs (Alternate Reality Game): Designer (2003)[34]
External links
Websites
Writing contributions
Interviews
Notes and References
- http://nomimes.com/about.php No Mimes Media: About Us
- Web site: ProVideo Coalition: Emmy® Award-Winning Fourth Wall Studios' Founders to Premiere New Interactive Show at Fall ETE . November 12, 2012.
- 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 .
- 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 .
- Web site: GeeksOn Podcast: Episode 64 . Geekson.com . January 4, 2012.
- 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 .
- http://2008.argfestocon.com/about/panels-speakers/special-guests/ ARGFest 2008 Speaker Bio
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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
- Rose . Frank . Wired Magazine: Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games . Wired . February 10, 2007 . January 4, 2012.
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- http://www.argn.com/2005/11/last_call_poker_pm_chat_transcript/ ARGNet: Last Call Poker PM Chat Transcript
- Web site: ARGdb . ARGdb . January 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008005330/http://argdb.com/game/19/ . October 8, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
- http://www.argn.com/author/steve_peters/ ARGNet
- Web site: Shorty Awards . July 30, 2021.
- Web site: Vacancy Magazine: Twenty One Pilots Breaks the Guinness World Record for the Longest Music Video . July 30, 2021.
- Web site: IMDb . . July 30, 2021.
- Web site: Eurobest 2018 Brand Experience and Activation Entries . July 30, 2021.
- Web site: Dark Detour Creative Team . February 24, 2015.
- 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 .
- Web site: IMDB . . May 21, 2013.
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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
- Web site: No MImes Media: Threshold Credits . January 4, 2012.
- 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 .
- Web site: 25 Questions to Steve Peters. ARGReporter.de . May 23, 2013.
- Web site: Metacortechs Credits/Cast . Metacortechs.com . January 4, 2012.