Meet the Game Designers

Leah Gilliam | Director, Mission Lab

What four keywords would you use to describe yourself?
Conceptual, candid, inquisitive, curly

What are you most looking forward to about being part of the Q2L community?
Improvising, collaborating, making and growing

What do you find most interesting about game-based learning?
I love that problem-solving and "not-knowing" are foregrounded and that there's no such thing as a mistake—just differing theories and plans of action.

What is your all-time favorite game?
Capture the Flag

What was your favorite game when you were in sixth grade?
Galaga

Do you have any hobbies or special interests?
I am interested in organizational behavior and how things work. I like to walk around in the city and stop when things get interesting. I also like to knit and figure out how to sew things on my sewing machine.

What are you reading, watching and playing right now?
I'm reading What Makes Things Stick and Fast Company magazine, and looking at the diagrams in Sketching User Experiences. I'm watching "TEDTalks" and playing Enigmo and Tap Tap Revenge on my iPhone.


Tracy Gromek | Game Designer, Mission Lab

What four keywords would you use to describe yourself?
Inventive, perfectionist, outgoing, hermit

What are you most looking forward to about being part of the Q2L community?
I'm looking forward to working with some exceptionally talented individuals

What do you find most interesting about game-based learning?
I love how one game can engage many different types of learners.

What was your favorite game when you were in sixth grade?
Mastermind

What is your all-time favorite game?
Dungeons & Dragons

Do you have any hobbies or special interests?
Stop-motion animation, making truffles, playing cards with my Grandma, dancing for no reason

What are you reading, watching and playing right now?
I'm reading: Dune, watching: "The Office" and playing: Sudoku


Radhika Tandon | Game Designer, Mission Lab

What four keywords would you use to describe yourself?
Curious, contemplative, creative, fun-loving

What are you most looking forward to about being part of the Q2L community?
Designing meaningful and fun learning experiences

What do you find most interesting about game-based learning?
Learning = FUN!

What was your favorite game when you were in sixth grade?
Mastermind, Twister

What is your all-time favorite game?
Scrabble

Do you have any hobbies or special interests?
Traveling, watching movies, playing games, rafting, kayaking, sketching, swimming... I could go on and on!

What are you reading, watching and playing right now?
Just watched "Objectified" and am currently reading Grand Theft Childhood, and playing Word Worp on my iPhone.


Chloe Varelidi | Game Designer, Mission Lab

What four keywords would you use to describe yourself?
Optimist, imaginative, small, mighty

What are you most looking forward to about being part of the Q2L community?
Designing, playing and learning

What do you find most interesting about game-based learning?
It generates provocative thinking on the most common of issues.

What was your favorite game when you were in sixth grade?
Tetris

What is your all-time favorite game?
Backgammon

Do you have any hobbies or special interests?
Dancing, biking, designing walls

What are you reading, watching and playing right now?
I am reading Black Swan Green by David Mitchell, watching "Found," the play at the Actor's Playhouse and playing Flight Control for the iPhone.