We’re a group of fairly nifty Canadians who create award-winning cross media experiences that excite, educate and engage. Our projects tend to combine fun, community, technology, and a hearty helping of sprinkles. We’ve made all kinds of games for all kinds of occasions: from a Twitter-based/sticker-based game for an Australian web conference, to GPS-driven cat and mouse game for COaP 2009, to a Bluetooth-distributed locative radio drama just for the hell of it.

Action Heroes

David Fono, Co-Founder, is a 5000 year old robot is a pervasive gaming guru who combines his mad tech skills with his creative abilities to produce compelling game experiences. He has an MSc in human-computer interaction at University of Toronto. As an academic, David published several papers on the relationship between people and technology, while working at Microsoft Research, and the Human Media Lab at Queen’s University. Several years ago, he became enamored with pervasive games, and has delivered a number of talks and seminars on the topic to Australian organizations such as AWIA, ECU, and ICTWA. Currently, David spends his time making awesome games with Atmosphere, developing other fun digital content with Chocolate Liberation Front, and petting his cat.

Kate Raynes-Goldie, Co-Founder, is an internet researcher, teacher and community builder. Currently, Kate is a PhD candidate in the Internet Studies program at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia and a Research Associate at Ryerson’s new Experiential Design and Gaming Environments Lab in Toronto, Canada. She is also Guest Faculty at the CFC Media Lab where she teaches online and networked media.

Special Guests

Alex Raynes-Goldie, Space & Design Consultant, is an architecture graduate from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Alex brings her design experience and fascination with the interaction between people and the built environment to the team.

Luke Walker, Chief Communicator