In this third iteration of this team in the game business, Dallas is the keeper of the map and holder of the compass as Portalarium charts its course on a large and long journey. Everything in his background has prepared him for this particular role: from 20 years of game development and management experience (most recently at NCsoft) to 10 years of research in psychology and sociology, mapping the habits of human happiness; from single-handedly designing and programming games and educational products on his Apple II+ for Penguin Software in the early 80s to managing hundreds of creative and technical talent on product teams at ORIGIN Systems and Electronic Arts.
With charm, wit and great insight, Dallas can regail an audience of one to one thousand with stories of why we humans do what we do and why the internet is the great equalizer, helping us realize we don’t need more bananas than we can eat, and that authentic happiness results from fulfilling our basic human need for social belongingness (from flea pickin’ in caveman days to exchanging virtual pokes on social networks).
