His work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, Salon, GQ, The Escapist, and many other publications, where he writes about both tabletop and electronic gaming, among many other things. In addition, he has worked as a board game designer, a computer game marketer, and a startup CEO, as well as being the author of a book on virtual worlds, and a graduate-level instructor in the 5,000-year recorded history of games and gaming. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and ever-expanding family.