{"id":1806,"date":"2024-08-30T08:19:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T13:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/?page_id=1806"},"modified":"2024-09-01T11:11:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T16:11:03","slug":"specialguest-austin-grossman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/specialguest-austin-grossman\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Guest Austin Grossman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>Austin Grossman will be appearing at ArmadilloCon 2024<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AUSTIN GROSSMAN is an author, narrative designer and XR designer. His latest novel is Fight Me, from Penguin Random House UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His other novels include Soon I Will Be Invincible, YOU, and Crooked, with several more forthcoming. Soon I Will Be Invincible was nominated for the 2007 John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize.  His writing has also appeared in Granta, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His game credits include Ultima Underworld 2, System Shock, Trespasser, Deus Ex, LMNO (unreleased Spielberg\/EA project), Epic Mickey, Dishonored, Dishonored: the Brigmore Witches, and Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall. He worked as Director of Game Design and Interactive Storytelling at Magic Leap, and as principal designer at the XR startup QXR Studios.  He is currently Principal Designer at Windup Minds.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU and is A.B.D. in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently an adjunct professor at NYU&#8217;s Tisch School of the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can keep up with Austin Grossman on <a href=\"https:\/\/austingrossman.substack.com\/\">Substack<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-abae1e99 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/austingrossman.substack.com\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED-1024x1024.png ,https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED.png 780w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-1642\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" title=\"SpecialGuest-Austin Grossman-REVISED\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-83807029 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN-Fight-Me-666x1024.jpg ,https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN-Fight-Me.jpg 780w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN-Fight-Me.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN-Fight-Me-666x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2275\" width=\"1664\" height=\"2560\" title=\"Version 1.0.0\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-1ae8328e wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN_Dishonored_box_art.jpg ,https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN_Dishonored_box_art.jpg 780w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN_Dishonored_box_art.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN_Dishonored_box_art.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2276\" width=\"285\" height=\"350\" title=\"GROSSMAN_Dishonored_box_art\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-434ad7ce wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN-Dxcover.jpg ,https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN-Dxcover.jpg 780w, https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN-Dxcover.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GROSSMAN-Dxcover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2277\" width=\"283\" height=\"351\" title=\"GROSSMAN Dxcover\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Grossman will be appearing at ArmadilloCon 2024! AUSTIN GROSSMAN is an author, narrative designer and XR designer. His latest novel is Fight Me, from Penguin Random House UK. His other novels include Soon I Will Be Invincible, YOU, and Crooked, with several more forthcoming. Soon I Will Be Invincible was nominated for the 2007 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1642,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1806","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED.png",1200,1200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED-300x300.png",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED-768x768.png",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED-1024x1024.png",1024,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED.png",1200,1200,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SpecialGuest-Austin-Grossman-REVISED.png",1200,1200,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d46\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Austin Grossman will be appearing at ArmadilloCon 2024! 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