SCHED* SXSW 2011

Games User Researcher
Electronic Arts
Marina first fell in love with technology as a 5 year old playing Super Mario Brothers on the Nintendo Famicon she and her sisters received on their first Christmas in Japan. Call it a kindergarten infatuation, but her enthusiasm for video games developed into a passion for the intersection of people and technologies in user experiences. This inspired Marina to earn a Masters in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon before coming full circle to practice user research on video game experiences. On the side, Marina likes to shop for the latest vinyl toys a la giant robot, exploring the Tokyo Fruits culture, and she's an occasional yelper + foursquare badge collector