Mr. Ken Eklund Writerguy
Ken Eklund is Writerguy, a game designer and writer focusing on serious "alternate reality" experiences. He created WORLD WITHOUT OIL, the massively collaborative online "historical pre-enactment" of a global oil crisis, for ITVS in 2007 (see worldwithoutoil.org), and RUBY'S BEQUEST, a collaborative exploration into the future of our systems for caring, with Institute For The Future in 2009. WORLD WITHOUT OIL broke new ground as the first alternate reality game to confront and attempt to solve a serious and timely real-world problem, and has received awards and recognition internationally as a key innovation to effect serious change. Ken's career spans twenty years and over two dozen electronic game titles plus more than a dozen educational Internet projects. He has helped develop game designs and narratives as commercial entertainment, for universities and non-profits, and for clients in the private sector. His passion is to help games, especially online social games, realize their potential to affect people artistically and promote the public good.
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