Christopher Swain
- Lecturer
- USC Viterbi School of Engineering
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Expertise Summary
Game design expert specializing in game innovation, games for social change, game culture, Internet culture and the business of interactive media
Expertise
- game design
- game innovation
- video games and culture
- video games and the future of storytelling
- history of video games
- interactive media
- convergence
- interface design
- information design
- strategic design
- play mechanics
- social play
- playability
- usability
- simulation and learning
- serious games
- games for change
- online games
- online community
- teaching game design
- games and academia
- business of games
- business of interactive media
Additional Information
- Grant-funded research projects include The Redistricting Game and Immune Attack.
- Co-author of Game Design Workshop: Designing, Prototyping, and Playtesting Games (2004)
- Founding member of R/GA Interactive, where he led development of over 150 interactive products for clients including Microsoft, Sony, Disney, BBC, Ticketmaster and Kodak. Notable projects include Multiplayer Jeopardy! for Sony and Netwits for Microsoft Network.