EDUCATION
2014 - New York University, M.S. in Integrated Digital Media
2012 - Pace University B.A. English Literature, Minors in Poetry and Medieval Literature
AWARDS
2022 - Independent Games Festival, Excellence in Narrative Finalist, Last Call
2018 - Independent Games Festival, Excellence in Narrative Finalist, Tacoma
2018 - BAFTA, Best Narrative Finalist, Tacoma
2017 - Indiecade Selection, Kimmy
2016 - Independent Games Festival, Nuovo Winner, Cibele
2015 - The Game Awards, Games for Impact Finalist, Cibele
2015 - Indiecade Finalist, Cibele
2015 - Independent Games Festival, Nuovo Finalist, how do you Do It?
2014 - Indiecade Finalist, how do you Do It?
2014 - Independent Games Festival, Student Showcase Honorable Mention, Ladylike
EXHIBITIONS & MUSEUMS
2024 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Artcade, featuring Grass Stains
2022 - 23rd International Exhibition of Triennale Milano, commissioned Nonno's Legend
2022 - Devillé Arcade, Player Input, featuring a multi-game installation
2020 - Australian Centre for the Moving Image: Screenworlds, featuring how do you Do It?
2019 - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry After Dark via PIGSquad, featuring We Met in May
2018 - Victoria and Albert Museum: Design/Play/Disrupt, featuring how do you Do It?
2017 - Manchester International Festival, debut game commission Lost Memories Dot Net + installation
2016 - The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle: Indie Game Revolution, featuring how do you Do It?
2015 - Wellcome Collection: Friday Late Spectacular: Play, commissioned Table Talk
2015 - No Quarter, commissioned Bum Rush
JURIES
2025 - BAFTA Game Beyond Entertainment Juror
2019 - Independent Games Festival, Design Juror
2014 - Games for Change Nominating Panel Member
Indiecade Juror (multiple years in the 2010s)
TALKS
Highlighted speaking engagements: In addition to these, I have spoken for many classes (mostly Universities), private events, podcasts, radio shows, and other events not listed:
2024 - Guadalindie, Speaker
2023 - OASIS at CENART, Speaker
2023 - Colonial Theatre, Speaker
2019 - Game Developers Conference, Personal Experiences as Games
2018 - Nederlands Film Festival, Speaker
2018 - Fantastic Arcade, Speaker
2018 - Game Developers Conference, Level Design Workshop: Designing for Non-Linear Story Discovery in 'Tacoma'
2017 - A MAZE Johannesburg, Keynote
2016 - Game Developers Conference, How Game Mechanics Helped Players Embody 19 Year Old Nina
2016 - Game Developers Conference, The Game Design Challenge
2016 - Kill Screen Fest, Speaker
2015 - A MAZE Berline, Opening Speaker
2015 - Game Developers Conference, Indie Soapbox
2015 - Indiecade, Keynote Participant
2015 - Different Games, Speaker
MISC & MAJOR PRESS COVERAGE
2022 to Present - New York University Game Center Incubator Advisory Board & Mentor
2022 - No Guns, No Dragons: Her Video Games Capture Private Moments: New York Times Profile
2018 - The game changers: meet the creatives shaking up the gaming world: The Guardian
2017 - Independent Games Festival Awards, Host
2017 - Guest on Season 17 Project Runway, Episode 6 "Power Play"
2016 - Forbes 30 Under 30 - Games
2015 - Meet Nina Freeman, the punk poet of gaming: The Guardian Profile
2016 - Game Informer, Issue 274, feature profile
2015 - Game Loading: Rise of the Indies (film), featured interview
2010s - International Game Developers Association - Scholars Mentor (multiple years)