Dansky, Richard (Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft)

Topic: The Narrative That Dare Not Speak It's Name: Moving Beyond Genre Cliches and Archetypes

Named one of the Top 20 Game Writers by Gamasutra in 2009. Richard Dansky is the Central Clancy Writer for Ubisoft/Red Storm. With over a decade in the industry, he has credits including Splinter Cell: Conviction, Rainbow Six: Black Arrow, and titles in the Ghost Recon, Far Cry, Might and Magic, and Blazing Angels series.

A member of the advisory board for the Game Narrative Summit at GDC Online and an executive of the IGDA Game Writers SIG, Richard is a strong advocate for the art and craft of writing in games. In addition to his game writing, Richard has published five novels, most recently Firefly Rain, and contributed to over a hundred tabletop RPG books. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, their inevitable cats, and a structurally unlikely number of books.