I wrote dialogue and designed story with our nemesis system to meet the exceptional storytelling standards of J.R. Tolkien in our interactive game environment.
The Nemesis system has been universally praised for creating strong emergent and personalized stories. Critics have hailed it as "a concept that could work wonders" if applied to other titles.
Won Game of the Year with critical acclaim and countless awards, maintaining an impressive 86 /100 on Metacritic.
But as a Gamer myself what I find most gratifying is the response from other Gamers like, "I can't believe you worked on Mordor?! I LOVE PLAYING THAT GAME!"
Fresh. Simple. Sustainable. Delicious. Using these pillars and the sister’s “local first” business model we built a brand & social media presence so successful it garnered the attention of Jeff Bezos, who bought the trademark and expanded nationally. (His product has different ingredients and is inferior to the original, IMHO).
The media blog combined journal entries, sound bytes, video recordings, and character comments to voice a perspective of the war which was very real for many American soldiers.
I scripted the plot for thirty days and we shot footage in New York, Kansas City, and Lebanon. I also represented the characters on the comment boards.
We created promotional materials to drive traffic to the blog and performed a live demonstration in Union Square using the character actors from the site.
The site was controversial but more importantly it was meaningful, as it sparked a much needed conversation about media spin and the validity of news sources. You can explore the site with comments disabled here: weaponsofmisdirection.org
An education in storytelling combines a knowledge of traditional storytelling principles and a mastery of the new media skill sets to keep pace with today's hyper-evolving communication tools.
Poly Prep Country Day School high school has a heritage of multi disciplinary education and supports the storytellers of the future. The Poly Storytellers Internship places kids to peek into a company with storytelling at the heart of its process. By becoming acquainted with the real world processes, they can figure out which niche they want to carve.
If you are an ad agency, house, or production studio interested in participating in the Poly internship please contact Lori Redell at lwredell@polyprep.org
NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, a unique merger of art and technology, also sponsors an internship for those students who wish to focus on storytelling in their professional career.