caption awards masters_advisor known_for article_title alma_mater
stephen e. dinehart see below scott fisher , peggy weil , marsha kinder interactive storytelling video games transmedia storytelling stephen dinehart
 college school of cinematic arts for creative studies the university of southern california
stephen dinehart

stephen erin dinehart iv a designer , writer and teacher best known for his work in video games .
dinehart is an early transmedia storytelling and interactive narrative design proponent .
he created the idea of the vup -lrb- viewer/user/player -rrb- in 2006 , relating his model of transmedia development to richard wagner 's concept of `` total artwork '' -lrb- `` gesamtkunstwerk '' -rrb- where the spectator becomes actor/player .
stephen also wrote the job description and took the first `` narrative designer '' position at thq in 2006 , the first of its kind in the interactive entertainment industry .
dinehart is a noted game writer and narrative designer , being alumni of companies such as thq , electronic arts , activision and others .
as defined by dinehart , interactive narrative design combines ludology , narratology and game design to form interactive entertainment development methodologies .
it is a narratological craft which focuses on the structuralist , or literary semiotic creation of stories via viewer/user/player -lrb- vup -rrb- navigated dataspaces .
these interactive narrative experiences allow the player to witness data as navigable , participatory , and dramatic in real-time : he was final nominee for `` best writing for a game production '' for at the 2nd annual canadian awards for the electronic & animated arts -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , and the game won `` nokia award for outstanding innovation in gaming . ''
his mfa is from the university of southern california 's school of cinematic arts interactive media division , and his bfa in animation & digital media is from the college for creative studies in detroit .
