Gregory Trefry

Greg Trefry has wide array of experience designing and writing about games. He has designed everything from web-based MMOs to hit casual games to alternate reality games. Prior to co-founding the independent game studio Gigantic Mechanic (www.giganticmechanic.com), Greg was the Creative Director on Gamestar Mechanic, a web-based massively multiplayer game for tweens. Before that he was a Senior Game Designer at Gamelab where he created and led design on the hit franchise Jojo's Fashion Show.

Greg doesn't limit his game design interests to casual video games. In 2006 he created the Come Out & Play Festival (www.comeoutandplay.org), a festival of street games that brings designers and players from across the globe to New York City every summer for three days of play.

Greg has spoken about games at conferences around the world. He teaches game design and development at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (itp.nyu.edu) and Parsons The New School for Design (www.newschool.edu).

In his free time he wanders about Brooklyn on his bike.