Chris Bateman is Managing Director of International Hobo, the leading consultancy in the field of game design and narrative services. He has worked in game design and writing for over a decade, originally with tabletop role-playing games and boardgames, and later in computer entertainment after completing a Masters degree in Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Science.
He was the lead game designer and writer for such games as Discworld Noir, Ghost Master, Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition and Play with Fire, as well as having two novels published, and working on more than twenty other videogames for major publishers, as either game designer, writer or both.
Chris has been closely involved with the International Game Developers Association for many years, and helped found both the North West UK chapter and the IGDA Game Writers' Special Interest Group, for which he served on the Executive Panel for five years. In 2007, the IGDA honoured him with a prestigious MVP Award.
