I suppose I haven’t really talked about it over here, but I recently made, I suppose, the move to becoming an independent game developer, professionally, which I’m very excited about. (Also, meaning I’m a part-time PhDer instead). So yes, I signed a very exciting thing recently, which means that I’m working on my first official commercial project. It’s all very secretive at the moment, but you can keep up with happenings over at The Tiniest Shark – the name I’ve given to the studio consisting of, well, just me, at the moment. And my tiny, pixelated shark mascot too, of course.
- I'm Mitu Khandaker, and I'm an independent games developer (as The Tiniest Shark) and videogames PhD researcher (at University of Portsmouth, UK). Basically, I think about, and design videogames. I also co-founded and run a charity called Arohon, helping the worlds poorest climb out of poverty, through the education & empowerment of rural women in developing countries. I occasionally write at various places, including a column for GameSetWatch called "Gambrian Explosion", about videogames and art, science, philosophy, and wonder. Basically, I ♥ multiclassing. Oh, and space. Definitely space. I believe cosmic perspective is important. Other stuff/projects/etc:
Hi, I'm Mitu.
This blog is about videogames, science, art, and other such beautiful things.
- Aspiring towards games on love: Digital Romance Lab
- Emo robots & monsters: Total Eclipse Of The Reactor Core
My writings of note elsewhere.
- Gaming Made Me: EverQuest (Rock, Paper, Shotgun)
- GAMBRIAN EXPLOSION: Games, Randomness, and The Problem With Being Human (GameSetWatch / Gamasutra)
- On Science, Simulation, and Love (Digital Romance Lab)
- GAMBRIAN EXPLOSION: Designing Games Beyond Humanness (GameSetWatch / Gamasutra)
- Scanning the Enlarged Horizon: The Future of Games (GGSgamer.com)
- Book Chapter: How Games Can Touch You: Ethics of the Game Controller (in Designing Games for Ethics: Models, Techniques and Frameworks, published by IGI Global, 2011.)
Through the Mitu-Lens.
Warning: I am just starting out with photography, but my entire Flickr photostream is here.people I like and/or whose brains I covet.
- ♥ George Kokoris (Burning North)
- Ben Abraham
- BLDGBLOG
- Cliff Harris
- Courtney Stanton
- David Carlton (Malvasia Bianca)
- Ian Bogost
- Jane McGonigal
- Jim Rossignol
- Kill Screen
- Maggie Greene
- Magical Nihilism
- Matthew Burns
- Michael Abbott (The Brainy Gamer)
- Rock, Paper, Shotgun
- Simon Ferrari (Chungking Espresso)
- Simon Parkin (chewing pixels)
- Tom Armitage (Infovore)
- Trent Polack (Polycat)
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