Michael Borys

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Michael Borys
Occupation	Alternate Reality Game Designer

Michael Borys is an American game designer who currently works as Interactive Design Director and core member of ARG developers 42 Entertainment in Pasadena California.

Borys graduated in 1994 from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan and moved to Los Angeles California to pursue work in animation and design.

From 1996 to 2000 he worked with and led various teams within the Disney Company and helped in the creation of the original Disney’s Daily Blast and Disney Online. Michael was among the first handful people in the world to use Macromedia’s Flash animation technology and sat on its advisory board.

In 2000 Michael teamed up with Alex Lieu and Johnny Rodriguez at 3pinmedia to work with and conceptualize major projects with Disney Imagineering and Disney Themeparks as well as create animations and games for television and the web.

In 2003-2005 Michael worked in the Nickelodeon art department as a background painter on the show The X’s while acting as Warner Brothers Senior Game Designer for its Web and Mobile Divisions.

Michael founded Skabooki Games with Jason Siadek and Alex Lieu and has done Mobile games including the puzzler Drop-N-Roll for Konami as well as many other games for Warner Brothers and Disney.

In late 2005 Michael joined 42 Entertainment and has been part of Activision Gun - Last Call Poker ARG, NIN - Year Zero Experience and has had lead design and game directing credits for Microsoft Vista - Vanishing Point, Pirates Of The Carribean - Dead Man’s Tale and The Dark Knight Viral Campaign.