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last updated: September 6, 2008
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Angel Leigh McCoy
syrinx@nwlink.com
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
- Writer and Game Developer
 , Bellevue, Washington; 1/1/08 - present
At ArenaNet, I work on a team of creative game developers. We're building the fictional world for the massively multiplayer online game, Guild Wars™ 2, the next iteration of the hugely popular Guild Wars™. I am involved in many aspects of the game's creative development, focused primarily on the creation of characters and dialogue for populating the game world.
- Website Program Manager
Sakson & Taylor, Seattle, Washington; 10/1/06-1/1/08
Microsoft Game Studios - Web
- I served as program manager for the production of new websites and the upgrade/maintenance of existing sites.
- Contract Writer & More
Endeavor Consulting, Seattle, Washington; 1/15/06-9/30/06
Microsoft - Xbox.com
- As a writer for Xbox.com, I produced more than 50 articles for the site and played more than 25 Xbox games. Here is a sampling:
- For a more complete listing, please see my publication list.
Sakson & Taylor, Seattle, Washington; 4/14/02-11/25/05
Microsoft Game Studios - Web Content and Community; 4/02-4/04 and 1/05-11/05
- During my three contracts with the MGS Web Team, I performed various duties such as writing, editing, content coordination, site resource management and brand enforcement.
- I assistant-produced web sites during the design, construction and launch phases of their development. Most recent examples:
- I contributed to the user interface, site hierarchy and content strategies.
- I created launch content. Recent examples:
- Game Designer, Research and Development
Wizards of the Coast, Renton, Washington; 6/01-12/02
- I developed game content that required creativity, an understanding of game balance issues and sensitivity to the target audience.
- I wrote web articles related to Dungeons & Dragons™ gameplay.
- I designed adventures for download online and publication in Dungeon Magazine
- Freelance Writer and Game Designer
various; 1993-2002
- Owner, Manager, Buyer
Fun-n-Games, Inc. (comics and games, retail), Blacksburg, Virginia; 4/93-5/99
EDUCATION:
- B.A., French Literature; minor concentrations in Spanish and Psychology; University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
- Certificat du Premier Degré (Study Abroad with the University of Illinois); Université de Dijon, Dijon, France
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