Ken Eklund

Ken Eklund
Portrait of Ken Eklund, Writerguy
Ken Eklund in 2009
Born (1957-05-17) May 17, 1957 (age 67)
San Francisco, California, United States
Pen nameWriterguy
OccupationGame designer, game experience designer
Alma materSanta Clara University
Website
www.writerguy.com

Ken Eklund (born May 17, 1957) is an American game and experience designer known as Writerguy. He is perhaps most famous for World Without Oil, an early "serious game" in the alternate reality game genre[1] he created and ran in 2007.[2] His recent projects "explore the positive social effects of collaborative experiences and open-ended, creative play.[3] "

  1. ^ "ITVS Press Release for "World Without Oil"". Independent Television Service (ITVS).
  2. ^ McGonigal, Jane (2011). Reality Is Broken. The Penguin Press. pp. 304, 305, 310. ISBN 978-1-59420-285-8.
  3. ^ "LunchtimeTalk: Ken Eklund on Transmedia For Change". Watershed. Retrieved 2 September 2013.