Steve Peters | |
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Born | 1961 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
- This is Not a Game (contributing author)
- Space Time Play (contributing author)
- The Reality Games (puzzle and cipher consultant)
Interviews
- Transmedia.ca: Steve Peters Interview 2012
- Popular Mechanics: Epic Win: The World's Most Lavish Gaming Gifts 2009
- WIRED: Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games 2007
- ARGNetcast: The Steve Peters Experience 2006
- Geekson Podcast: Steve Peters talks about a new geek art form 2006
- BNet: Bees, ARGs, and the Birth of the Collective Detective 2005
- Globe and Mail Canada:Advertisers reap real-world benefits from 'alternate reality' 2005
- ABC Radio Australia: Alternate Reality 2004
- Wired: I Love Bees Game a Surprise Hit 2004
- G4 TV: I Love Bees Mystery Continues (video) 2004
References
- ↑ No Mimes Media: About Us
- ↑ "ProVideo Coalition: Emmy® Award-Winning Fourth Wall Studios' Founders to Premiere New Interactive Show at Fall ETE". Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Dirty Work (credits)". Rides.tv. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
- ↑ "StoryForward Podcast". storyforwardpodcast.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ↑ "GeeksOn Podcast: Episode 64". Geekson.com. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "ARG Netcast, Episode 42: Live from Pasadena". Argnetcast.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ ARGFest 2008 Speaker Bio
- ↑ "88th Annual ADC Award Winners". Adcglobal.org. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "Steve Peters – the art of the ARG". The Workbook Project. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- 1 2 ARGNET: 42 Entertainment Wins Prestigious Grand Prix Award at Cannes
- 1 2 Rose, Frank (February 10, 2007). "Wired Magazine: Secret Websites, Coded Messages: The New World of Immersive Games". Wired. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival: 50+ Years of Grand Prix". Canneslions.com. February 20, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- 1 2 "Chat with the Vanishing Point Game developers". Neowin. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "ARG Reporter: 15 Questions to Steve Peters". Patmo.de. January 15, 2009. Archived from the original on December 20, 2009. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- 1 2 ARGNet: Last Call Poker PM Chat Transcript
- ↑ "ARGdb". ARGdb. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ ARGNet
- ↑ "Shorty Awards". Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Vacancy Magazine: Twenty One Pilots Breaks the Guinness World Record for the Longest Music Video". Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ↑ "IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Eurobest 2018 Brand Experience and Activation Entries". Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Dark Detour Creative Team". Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Archived from the original on March 23, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "IMDB". IMDb. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Archived from the original on April 4, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Archived from the original on July 13, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Rides.tv video credits". Archived from the original on June 10, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ WIRED: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of Cisco's ARG The Hunt
- ↑ "No MImes Media: Threshold Credits". Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "No Mimes Media: Steve Peters bio". Nomimes.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
- ↑ "25 Questions to Steve Peters". ARGReporter.de. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Metacortechs Credits/Cast". Metacortechs.com. Retrieved January 4, 2012.