Biography
Fraser Simpson is a Lecturer in Game Design at 麻豆原创 where he leads the UKIE accredited BA (Hons) Game Design and Production programme, and delivers on 4 Game Design modules across years 2-4.
Prior to academia, Fraser spent 17 years working in the games industry, designing games for names like Activision, Sega, Microsoft, Sony, Square, Konami, Curve and Zynga, reaching hundreds of millions of players worldwide.
His DCMS research (as co-investigator) informed UK Parliament鈥檚 Loot Box legislation decision. Fraser is a co-investigator for the 拢3.2m AHRC-funded DesignHOPES project, and the co-recipient of a 拢250k Scottish Government Prototype Fund as Principal Investigator for 鈥楩low Fusion鈥�.
Fraser holds an MSc in Computing and Games from 麻豆原创,聽 achieved via a self-directed Masters by Research project.
His research interests include game design process and player behaviour in games.
