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Jesse N. Schell (born June 13, 1970) is an American video game designer and author, as well as the CEO of Schell Games, [2] and a distinguished professor of the practice of entertainment technology at CMU's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC), a joint master's program between the College of Fine Arts and School of Computer Science in ...
Jul 8, 2018 · Jesse Schell is not only one of the original developers behind Toontown Online, he was the lead designer who brought the Tooniverse to life. After developing Toontown, Jesse Schell left Walt Disney Imagineering to become Distinguished Professor of Entertainment Technology at Carnegie Mellon University.
Oct 5, 2015 · My name is Jesse Schell. I am 45 years old. I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.In terms of experience with the game industry, wow. Let's see. I started making games as an amateur in probably 1982 and started professionally probably about 1995.
We caught up with game designer, author, and CEO of Schell Games Jesse Schell on his own origin story and the birth of I Expect You To Die.
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Known for designing such video and web-based games as Pirates of the Caribbean Online and Pixie Hollow, he also created such theme park rides as Toy Story Midway Mania. He founded the Schell Games company and taught at Carnegie Mellon University.
Following his 1994 graduation from Carnegie Mellon's Information Networking Institute, he worked for both Bell Labs and the design department of The Walt Disney Company.
He joined the Carnegie Mellon faculty on the invitation of fellow computer science expert Randy Pausch.
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Aug 19, 2021 · Jesse Schell, Founder and CEO of Schell Games, discussed his upcoming game I Expect You To Die 2, including the origins of the bumbling spy premise and importance of the VR format. He was joined by voice actor Wil Wheaton, who described the process of bringing main character John Juniper to life during a pandemic.
Aug 27, 2021 · Jesse Schell is incredibly bullish about VR. He’s also often very wrong about it. This is not something he hides, it’s actually something he seems to enjoy. In fact, Schell once revealed he...
