This is Michael Merriam:
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Michael earned a BA from Columbia University in Archaeology, and also in English and Comparative Literature. He focused on the anthropology of play and the anthropology of children's toys. Later, he earned an MA from the same school in Medieval / Renaissance studies, and specialized in medieval children's games.
He has been creating escape rooms since around 2015, and has worked in several roles in the film industry, and briefly also for The Learning Channel. More recently, he's been a Narrative Designer/Narrative Director on video game projects, and his non-fiction has been featured in several magazines. Outside of UCF, he has taught Creative Writing (specifically Writing for Games) and at UCF he currently teaches Introduction to Digital Media at UCF.
His current research interests include gamification and experimental education.
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