Max Geiger: Getting Creative Information Out of Destruction

The host of Spike TV's "Deadliest Warrior" talks about how the show determines hypothetical winners between historical warriors through simulations.

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BIF-5 Summit

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Max Geiger

Max Geiger is the simulations expert and host of Spike TV’s Deadliest Warrior, a job that combined his background in game development with his passion for history. A graduate of the Interactive Media Division within the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, his calling is to use the tools of game design and systems thinking to improve and illuminate the world around him. Outside of his work in television, Max remains active in the world of game development and social media as a producer and designer within an as-yet-unannounced startup (trust him, it’s very cool) and a small games studio.

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