Thomas Bedenk is Director Immersive Media at Exozet Berlin GmbH and Freelance Creative Mind. From 2009 until 2015 he had his own game studio Brightside Games. He has degrees in Media Design and Human Factors. He was teaching various subjects at game schools and universities. Prior, he was freelance interactive designer and developer for about 10 years and worked on special effects in the movie industry. He started his love for digital creation playing Pac-Man against his twin brother on the Atari 800XL and developed his first own games 196.