Wrote scripts, captured machinima footage, and produced "webisode" videos for the announced Microsoft Flight PC game. Began as script writer for earlier videos, and increasingly took on production duties as the videos progressed.
Games, Scriptwriting Did character/voice rewrite pass on mission scripts for in-game dialog, and attended recording sessions to consult on character and wording questions.
Comedy, Music, Performance Appeared onstage at Benoroya Hall in a walk-on role as MC Frontalot's butler during his performance at PAX Prime. I had a crazy idea for gag around one of his songs, I sent Frontalot an email, and bless the guy, he agreed. I got eighteen seconds of anonymous glory, and a spent a great night hanging around backstage, chatting with the Enforcers.
Wrote and produced a podcast of voicemail messages from a more interesting now. Each episode is a standalone comedy scifi/horror/fantasy mini-epic.
I write an ongoing series of series of comedy/variety shows set in a fictional 1930's radio station. Each show is an evening of programming by the station, with a "wrapper" story about the cast and crew.
Commissioned by a local theater company, the shows and portions of the shows have been performed at festivals and as "road shows" in other local theaters. Shows have included:
Leisure Time with Leisure Time
Featuring the soap opera Healing Hospital, advice from Miss Moningham, the Advice Lady, and an adventure withThe Sneak. I also performed in this production.
First performed live in April 2006.
Leisure Time with Leisure Time: Halloween Edition
Featuring the western On the Trail with Barry Cobbler, the Leisure Time Quiz, and Scott Bravely of the Space Patrol in The Death Newt of Venus. I also directed and performed in this production.
First performed live in October 2006.
Leisure Time with Leisure Time: Waiting for Ella
Featuring the noir mystery The Lady Was Dangerous. I also performed in this production.
First performed live in June 2007.
Leisure Time with Leisure Time: Bride of Leisure Time
Featuring new episodes of the soap opera Healing Hospital and the Pulp adventures of The Sneak.
First performed live in October 2009.
Next show planned for early 2012.
Comedy, Performance Are heart attacks amusing? Well, mine was. Here's my presentation about my heart attack and emergency angioplasty, delivered at Ignite Seattle 6.
With the success of exchangeyourcareer.com, I was hired to co-create, write, and manage production of webcomic based on the exchangeyourcareer.com characters. Developed "arc" story based on software development cycle, and wrote strips to reflect where the characters were in their project schedule.
Lead writer for exchangeyourcareer.com, a recruiting website for the Microsoft Exchange product group. Developed bios for on-screen characters, wrote jokes, and wrote and edited page content to reflect unique culture of product group.
Wrote and performed in anthology of three original comedy/horror radio shows: Something Brave, Make Your Own Monster Movie, and The Hawthorne Curse.
First performed live in October 2004. Make Your Own Monster Movie performed again in October 2007.
Comedy, Games, Science Fiction, Video Developed and programmed a machinima production of Hamlet V.ii. performed in the Starcraft game engine. Presented as part of the Richard Hugo House literary center's Annual Inquiry "Games."
Here's the process. I proposed the project before I knew exactly how to do it. The R&D was an interesting time. At one point, I ended up with Hamlet going berserk and killing everybody, even Horatio.
And here's the final movie.
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