Kate Raynes-Goldie

Kate Raynes-Goldie
Born Toronto, Canada
Nationality Canadian & New Zealand

Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie is a Western Australian-based interactive producer, experimental/pervasive game designer and internet scholar who is currently the first Director of Interactive Programs at FTI.[1] In 2015, she was named one of the 75 most influential women in the games industry in Australia and New Zealand by MCV [2] and a finalist for Curtin University's Alumni Achievement Award for her work supporting the Western Australian games industry.[3] Kate co-founded Atmosphere Industries, an award winning game design studio.[4] She co-authored the first scholarly examination of friending on social networks and co-created Perth's first pervasive game, Ghost Town, in 2007.[5]

She gave a talk on physical-world based gaming at TEDxPerth.[6] She holds a PhD in internet studies from Curtin University, her thesis, was titled 'Privacy in the Age of Facebook'.[7] The thesis was the 6th most downloaded thesis of all time, from the Curtin University library repository as of May 2014. Raynes-Goldie is an Adjunct Research Fellow at Curtin. Her innovative phygital and mixed platform game designs have been featured at a range of international venues including Indiecade (San Francisco), Come Out and Play (New York), the National Theatre (London), Playpublik (Berlin), Fresh Air (Melbourne) and the TIFF Sprockets (Toronto).[8]

She lives in Fremantle, WA.

References

  1. ↑ "Film institute to support gamers".
  2. ↑ Van Daal, Joel (May 6, 2015). "Women In Games: Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie". MCV Pacific. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Outstanding Curtin alumni celebrated at awards night". Curtin University. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Bigge, Ryan (Jul 11, 2010). "Welcome to gentrification, the game". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gamers hunt for support" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "What games can be: Kate Raynes-Goldie at TEDxPerth".
  7. ↑ Robertson, Katie (Apr 20, 2013). "Perth academic Kate Raynes-Goldie says Facebook aims to end privacy". PerthNow. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  8. ↑ Van Daal, Joel (May 6, 2015). "Women In Games: Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie". MCV Pacific. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
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