Jay Laird is the founder and lead game designer at Metaversal Studios, a Boston-based independent game development company that designs and publishes original board, card, and computer games. He has designed educational games and creativity modules for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New England Aquarium, and DJ Spooky, among others. No explanation except insanity can be found for the other careers he keeps up on the side, including writing movies (The Strangler’s Wife) and comics (Star Wars Tales: Do or Do Not). In his spare hours — when he should be sleeping — Jay writes about technology for various publishers and teaches programming, design, and animation at Northeastern University. More about Jay can be found at his web site.