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Tracy Fullerton

Professor of cinematic arts in the Interactive Media & Games Division; Electronic Arts Endowed Chair in interactive entertainment; and director of the USC Game Innovation Lab
  • USC School of Cinematic Arts
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Expertise Summary

Game design expert and author specializing in game innovation, videogame aesthetics and next generation games and entertainment

Expertise

  • game design and innovation
  • games and gaming
  • game studies
  • game aesthetics and culture
  • game mechanics, history, art and research
  • games and academia and teaching game design
  • game usability and playability
  • interface and information design
  • social and narrative play
  • interactive media and entertainment, including interactive television
  • interactive design, narrative and storytelling
  • online multiplayer games
  • online community

Additional Information

  • Author of the widely used design textbook Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games
  • Has more than a decade of professional experience designing games, including Sony’s Multiplayer Jeopardy!, Multiplayer Wheel of Fortune and MSN’s NetWits, the first multiplayer online game show
  • Received numerous industry honors and was featured as one of The Hollywood Reporter‘s “Women in Entertainment Power 100” in December 2001