Freelance - Inverness since Mar 2013
Level Designer
Frictional Games - Inverness, United Kingdom (remote work) Nov 2012 - Mar 2013
Level Designer
Gearbox Software - Coral Springs, Florida & Plano, Texas Jan 2012 - Jun 2012
External Contractor
Darkside Game Studio - Coral Springs, Florida May 2010 - May 2012
Level Designer
Ignition Entertainment - Gainesville, Florida Area Dec 2009 - Apr 2010
Level Scripter
Education:
Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy 2008 - 2009
MS Interactive Entertainment, Computer Games
University of Abertay Dundee 2004 - 2008
BA (Hons) Games Production Mgt, Computer Games and Business Management
Skills:
Level Design Unreal Editor UnrealScript Developing for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 Level Optimization and Performance Creating Modular Level Kits Level Sketching and Greyboxing In-game Cinematics Creating Topdown HUD Maps for Levels Bug Fixing with Jira / TestTrack Maya Flash Photoshop Zbrush Graphic Design Perforce Xbox 360 PS3
Interests:
All things games, naval architecture and maritime history, history in general, engineering, travel and writing
Awards:
European Business Game 2003 European Business Game Member of the Scottish team which won the 2003 European Business Game in Copenhagen Lyreco 2003 Design a Catalogue Cover Competition Lyreco Won the Lyreco 2003 Design a Catalogue Cover Competition (Was the runner up for the same competition the previous year)
"Gag orders that freeze communications with the public and government officials go against basic notions of government transparency and accountability," said Michael Macleod-Ball of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Date: Jan 25, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Whoa, we might finally get a federal law making revenge porn illegal
When youre talking about restricting communications, you need to be very narrow when you talk about restricting that right, said Michael Macleod-Ball, who leads the American Civil Liberties Union federal First Amendment advocacy work. There has to be some intent of malice.
dership Conference Media/Telecommunications Task Force Co-Chairs Cheryl Leanza, UCC Office of Communication, Inc., at 202-904-2168, Michael Macleod-Ball, ACLU, at 202- 675-2309, or Corrine Yu, Leadership Conference Managing Policy Director at 202-466-5670, if you would like to discuss the above issues.
terrorist list. And the American Civil Liberties Union, rarely a Republican ally, is opposed to the use of terror watch lists, as presently constituted, to screen gun purchases because the lists are deeply flawed, said Michael Macleod-Ball of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office.
Date: Dec 09, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Senate takes up House bill but fails to avoid spying lapse
Congress should take advantage of this sunset to pass far-reaching surveillance reform, instead of the weak bill currently under consideration, said Michael Macleod-Ball, acting director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office.
Date: Jun 01, 2015
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
NSA winds down once-secret phone-records collection program
"For the first time, a majority of senators took a stand against simply rubber-stamping provisions of the Patriot Act that have been used to spy on Americans," said Michael Macleod-Ball, acting director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office.
"Although we are generally supporting of your proposal, we believe that this [two-year timeline] is not soon enough for some sensitive sites," ACLU director Michael Macleod-Ball and principal technologist Christopher Soghoian wrote.
Date: Apr 17, 2015
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
IRS Admits To Targeting Conservative Groups Over Tax Status
The revelation didnt sit much better with groups on the left.Even the appearance of playing partisan politics with the tax code is about as constitutionally troubling as it gets, said Michael Macleod-Ball, chief of staff of the ACLUsWashington legislative office.
Plainview-Old Bethpage High School Plainview NY 1976-1981, Holy Trinity High School Hicksville NY 1976-1981, Division Avenue High School Levittown NY 1976-1981
Holland Elementary School Quebec City Kuwait 1962-1966, Dundas Consolidated School Montague PE 1968-1970, Hebbville High School Bridgewater Swaziland 1973-1976
Community:
Donna Sandever, Fay Reynolds, Barry Mcclair, Juanita Hounsell, Laurie Messervey