Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2017, James Earl Cox III completed a self-set challenge of making 100 games in 5 years. Co-founder of Seemingly Pointless, he holds a master’s degree from the University of Southern California in Interactive Media and Game Design and is a Miami University of Ohio alumnus with honors in Creative Writing, Mass Communication, and Interactive Media.

At Miami, he directed the campus-wide week-long Humans vs Zombies ARG and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Games from his 100 games challenge have been exhibited at the E3, Slamdance Film Festival, Tokyo Game Show, Fantastic Arcade, and EGX, received awards from IndieCade, Serious Play, Meaningful Play, and GLS, and have been displayed in the Smithsonian Pop-Up Arcade as well as in The National Art Center, Tokyo. In addition to games, his writing has been published in several journals and featured on Gamasutra and GameCareerGuide.

James and his brother Joe now run Seemingly Pointless full-time, producing and creating video games, films, and multi-media projects.