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Steve Peters (game designer)
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Steve Peters is a game designer specializing in alternate reality game
s. He worked with alternate reality game design company 42 Entertainment
as Experience Design Director. His projects there included Why So Serious (for the film The Dark Knight
), Year Zero
(for the Nine Inch Nails album Year Zero
), The Vanishing Point (Microsoft's Vista Release), Dead Man's Tale (for the film Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest
), and Last Call Poker (Activision's Game Gun).
Previously, he was a designer on Metacortechs (an independent Alternate Reality Game based in the Matrix
universe), and founded the Alternate Reality Gaming Network (now ARGNet) in 2002, and Vital Productions International (now Vital Interactive Media) in 1987. Steve is currently a partner at No Mimes Media, an Alternate Reality Game company which he co-founded with Maureen McHugh and Behnam Karbassi in March 2009.
, primarily in the Los Angeles
suburbs of Chatsworth and Canoga Park. He attended Chatsworth High School
.
He studied Music Composition and Film Scoring at Cal State Northridge and UCLA, before leaving school to immediately begin working in LA as a freelance music director/musician/arranger/composer in the early 1980s. During these early years, he also worked as an actor, stand-up comic, roller coaster operator, magician, concert/event promoter, music contractor and music clinician.
In 1987, he founded Vital Interactive Media, a multimedia production company that developed music and audio content for television, theater, and computer games/applications. In 1992, he and his family moved to Tokyo
, where he worked as a music producer, singer, voiceover artist and English teacher.
Steve currently resides in the Los Angeles
area.
Alternate reality game
An alternate reality game is an interactive narrative that uses the real world as a platform, often involving multiple media and game elements, to tell a story that may be affected by participants' ideas or actions....
s. He worked with alternate reality game design company 42 Entertainment
42 Entertainment
42 Entertainment is an American company based in Pasadena which specializes in creating and producing alternate reality games . The company was founded in 2003 as an independently-owned, creative content and interactive agency under the name 4orty 2wo Entertainment. The company started with a...
as Experience Design Director. His projects there included Why So Serious (for the film The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight (film)
The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the film is part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins...
), Year Zero
Year Zero (game)
Year Zero is an alternate reality game based on the Nine Inch Nails concept album of the same name, its expected follow-up, and a possible accompanying film or television project...
(for the Nine Inch Nails album Year Zero
Year Zero (album)
Year Zero is the fifth studio album by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, released on April 17, 2007, by Interscope Records. Frontman Trent Reznor wrote the album's music and lyrics while touring in support of the group's previous release, With Teeth...
), The Vanishing Point (Microsoft's Vista Release), Dead Man's Tale (for the film Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 adventure fantasy film and the second film of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, following Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . It was directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by...
), and Last Call Poker (Activision's Game Gun).
Previously, he was a designer on Metacortechs (an independent Alternate Reality Game based in the Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
universe), and founded the Alternate Reality Gaming Network (now ARGNet) in 2002, and Vital Productions International (now Vital Interactive Media) in 1987. Steve is currently a partner at No Mimes Media, an Alternate Reality Game company which he co-founded with Maureen McHugh and Behnam Karbassi in March 2009.
Biography
Peters was born and raised in CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, primarily in the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
suburbs of Chatsworth and Canoga Park. He attended Chatsworth High School
Chatsworth High School
Chatsworth High School is a public secondary school located in Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, U.S..As of the 2005–06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 3183 students and 117.8 classroom teachers , for a student-teacher ratio of 27.0.- History :The campus...
.
He studied Music Composition and Film Scoring at Cal State Northridge and UCLA, before leaving school to immediately begin working in LA as a freelance music director/musician/arranger/composer in the early 1980s. During these early years, he also worked as an actor, stand-up comic, roller coaster operator, magician, concert/event promoter, music contractor and music clinician.
In 1987, he founded Vital Interactive Media, a multimedia production company that developed music and audio content for television, theater, and computer games/applications. In 1992, he and his family moved to Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, where he worked as a music producer, singer, voiceover artist and English teacher.
Steve currently resides in the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
area.
Credits
- Webishades: Lead Experience Designer (2010)
- The Hunt: Lead Experience Designer (2010)
- Mime Academy: Lead Experience Designer (2009)
- The Threshold: Lead Experience Designer (2009)
- 6 Minutes to Midnight: Experience Designer (2009)
- Bizarro is Here: Experience Designer (2008)
- Stop the International: Experience Design Director (2008)
- Project Abraham: Experience Design Director (2008)
- Why So Serious: Experience Design Director (2008)
- Year Zero: Designer, Community Architect (2007)
- HiveMind Corporation: Lead Designer (2007)
- The Vanishing Point: Designer (2007)
- Dead Man's Tale: Designer (2006)
- Last Call Poker: Designer (2005)
- Metacortechs: Designer (2003)
- Chasing the Wish: BTS Designer (2003)
Website
Writings
- This is Not a Game (contributing author)
- Space Time Play (contributing author)
Notable Interviews
- 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