Marie Lamb

Current

• Associate Editor at ARGNet
• Site Administrator and Moderator at Unfiction

Past

• Community Liason, Ruby's Bequest at Institute for the Future
• Community Liaison and Puppetmaster at Writerguy LLC/World Without Oil (Sole Proprietorship)
• Writer and Puppetmaster at Omnifam

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Education

• Boston University College of Communication

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Company

Marie Lamb’s Summary

Writer, editor, story developer and online community development and support professional with an emphasis on alternate reality gaming and cross media production.

Marie Lamb’s Specialties:

Writing, copy editing, story/plot/character development, video recording, production and editing, community development and maintenance

Marie Lamb’s Experience

• Associate Editor

  ARGNet

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

  Associate Editor and Staff Writer for ARGNet (www.argn.com), the largest news and opinion site dedicated to Alternate Reality Gaming. Suggest, research and write news articles and reviews about current and past alternate reality games. Particpate when available in weekly netcast (recorded live). Manage workflow with writing staff.
  
  (Promoted to Associate Editor in 2007)

• Site Administrator and Moderator

  Unfiction

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  2003 — Present (6 years )

  Site administrator and forum moderator for www.unfiction.com, a web forum devoted to alternate reality gaming. Foster community by facilitating dialog, organizing topic and thread posts and resolving disputes.

• Community Liason, Ruby's Bequest

  Institute for the Future

  (Non-Profit; Think Tanks industry)

  January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)

  Community Liason and Writer for the Ruby's Bequest project, an alternate reality game sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy and AARP. The goal of Ruby's Bequest was to start a dialog about care and caregiving, and brainstorm solutions to current and upcoming issues.

• Community Liaison and Puppetmaster

  Writerguy LLC/World Without Oil (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  November 2006 — June 2007 (8 months)

  World Without Oil was a Corporation for Public Broadcasting sponsored, month-long "serious game" that invited players to imagine life after an oil shock. In my role as Puppetmaster I developed and wrote the character of "Gracesmom" and also helped develop and write the storyline for the game's back story. As a community liaison, I reached out to communities who might have an interest in peak oil and sustainability, and invited them to play and seek out other players within their community. I also contacted players in-game via instant messaging and email to encourage them to continue playing and created many relationships with them in the process.

• Writer and Puppetmaster

  Omnifam

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

  January 2005 — December 2005 (1 year )

  Writer and story developer for a "grassroots" Alternate Reality Game based on the Alias TV show universe. Conceived, developed and wrote for the character of "Merritt Parker", in emails to players and on a character blog.
  
  http://www.merrittparker.name

Marie Lamb’s Education

• Boston University College of Communication

  B.S. , Broadcasting & Film , 1982 — 1986

  Minor in English

Additional Information

Marie Lamb’s Websites:

• My Company

Marie Lamb’s Interests:

alternate reality gaming, interactive and cross media production, media literacy, casual games

Marie Lamb’s Groups:

Unfiction

•    International Game Developers Association
•    Boston University Alumni
•    Boston University - College of Communication
•    Alternate Reality Games
•    Serious games people
•    Social Entertainment Professionals
•    COM Connection
•    Social Game Developers
•    Location Based Games

Marie Lamb’s Honors:

SXSW Web Awards Winner, March 2008 (Activism, World Without Oil)
WEBBY Awards Finalist (Games, World Without Oil)
STOCKHOLM CHALLENGE Finalist (Environment, World Without Oil)
ZERO ONE Awards Finalist (PRIX GREEN AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ART, World Without Oil)

Marie Lamb’s Contact Settings

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