“Zach Gage’s work sits squarely at the intersection of entertainment and art. The 27-year-old game designer has created thoughtful interactive art installations that ask provocative and relevant questions about our new lives in the digital cloud. But he’s also found commercial success with games like Spelltower, a word puzzle game for iOS devices that combines anagramming and spatial tactics in an addictive, clever way. In this way Gage is voraciously advancing our understanding and appreciation of how games can teach and move us, but is also able to reach out to a wide audience and convince them to actually pay him money to make games that incorporate those learnings.”

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