About This Web Site

This Web site was created as part of a Digital Media Arts and Technology Masters thesis by Ryan Torre in the Department of Telecommunication Information Studies and Media at Michigan State University. "MMOGs and Your Teen" was designed to be a guide for parents about a genre of video games called Massive Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs). It is intended to help parents understand the video games that their teenage children play.



About the Author of This Web Site

Ryan Torre has earned a B.A. and an M.A. in Telecommunications, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University.

His interests include the use of multimedia for training or education, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), and professional video production. He has programmed interfaces using ActionScript, Lingo, JavaScript and C.

More information about projects that Ryan Torre has worked on is available on his Web site at http://www.ryantorre.com.

Ryan Torre can be reached via email at mail@mmogsandyourteen.org

Professor Carrie Heeter was chairperson of the thesis committee. She is a faculty member and principal investigator in the GEL lab (Games for Entertainment and Learning)