Meet Our Alumni

Orin Adcox is an entrepreneur and game developer that co-owns a small game design studio located at the Virginia Serious Game Institute in which he creates Serious Games for various clientele within a myriad of subject matters. This includes everything from aid allocation in foreign countries to evaluating social and emotional skills of young students through games. When not working at his company, Orin teaches undergraduate classes in Mason’s game design program.

Game alum Kyle Bishop says there are some outstanding faculty members who come from the game design industry and who really put a lot of effort into ensuring the students grow the necessary skills and abilities to succeed. We were also exposed to most aspects of the industry which has been very helpful.

Kayla Clay is an alumna of the Computer Game Design program at College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Game alum Alex Estep wanted to pursue animation as a career. After 2 years at community college I saw that Mason had a new Game Design program. I hoped this program would provide me the opportunity to pursue animation and digital arts as a career.

Erinn Fecteau graduated from Mason's Computer Game Design program in 2017. She has been hooked on gaming since she first got her hands on a Gameboy Color and a copy of Pokemon Blue. When thinking about what she wanted to do when she was older, Erinn couldn't think of a better fit than game design. The Mason program's robust, multidisciplinary approach to game design was exactly what she was looking for.

Alexander Goldberg graduated Summa Cum Laude from George Mason in 2020 with a BFA in Game Design. He is a game designer, programmer, D&D player, and eclectic personality. Upon graduation he founded Mischief and Mayhem Studios, a small remote based indie game development studio, and became one of the founders and the lead programmer for the three-person indie studio Broken Name Games.

Daniel Greenberg teaches game design topics in the Computer Game Design program, with a focus on history and analysis.

Mohammed Saffouri is an award-winning Palestinian-American filmmaker based in Fairfax, Virginia. Saffouri distinguished himself early on in his film career by earning a Capital Emmy for his debut documentary film, The First.

Tim Simmons was the first graduate ever of the Computer Game Design program at Mason. He went on to achieve a Master’s in Cyber Security and currently works as a Server Integration Engineer. He moonlights as a hobby game designer at a company he started called Pocket of Pixels. He has also been approved as a Playstation Partner and is currently developing a game for the PS5.

Bria is a self taught UI/UX designer. She is passionate about creating usable digital products and getting started with her freelancing career. Before becoming a freelancer, she has worked with incredibly talented people across different companies to gain the experience to work on her own.