After graduating from Northwestern University in 1998 with a degree in English and fiction writing, I moved to New York and into interaction and data design. Working at a financial information company, Loan Pricing Corporation, I designed and produced web sites. In 2004, I returned to school and earned my Masters degree at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program.

These experiences have spurred my interest in different ways information, systems and patterns can be used to create narrative and help people understand the world around them. Games were the obvious answer. The idea of rule sets grabbed hold of his brain and refused to let go, leading me to experiment with everything from board games to large-scale urban games, like “Payphone Warriors.”

My experimentation with “big games” led me to found the Come Out & Play Festival with several friends. COaP is a the first festival dedicated to location-based, mobile and big games (I like to call them street games, cause it sounds tough). The festival had its debut from September 22-24 at Eybeam Art & Technology Center in New York City. Check out some of the press

By day I ply my trade as a game designer at the independent game studio Gamelab.

You can contact me at gtrefry (at) iamtheeconomy.com