{"id":657,"date":"2021-09-13T17:01:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/?page_id=657"},"modified":"2021-09-13T17:10:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T21:10:27","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/?page_id=657","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Better Realities are what fundamentally draw us as players to games. &nbsp;In the magic circle of the creative work, we can experience worlds that are different from our own: clearer, more intelligible, more controllable. &nbsp;More than mere escapism, they provide an opportunity to play out our fantasies and our fears within a more manageable context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last couple of decades, I have worked to create realities that players want to inhabit, but also teams that game developers want to inhabit.&nbsp; The games industry, unfortunately, is full of opportunities to do better than our current state.&nbsp; By applying engagement principles from games to game development, it is possible to improve on existing techniques to build sustainable, engaging, and rewarding environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better Realities is my consulting practice that helps to bring both of these frames of reality to fruition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"849\" height=\"849\" src=\"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-590\" srcset=\"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/headshot.jpg 849w, http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/headshot-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 849px) 100vw, 849px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better Realities are what fundamentally draw us as players to games. &nbsp;In the magic circle of the creative work, we can experience worlds that are different from our own: clearer, more intelligible, more controllable. &nbsp;More than mere escapism, they provide an opportunity to play out our fantasies and our fears within a more manageable context. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/?page_id=657\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/betterrealities.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}