Martin Ericsson(II)
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Martin Ericsson aka Elricsson was born and raised in Umeå in the north
of Sweden. He wrote his first Live Action Roleplaying game in 1989 and
has since written and produced more than 20 pieces of interactive
theatre. He studied theatre science at Stockholm University before
being drafted as a games-designer, researcher and story-writer for
first the Interactive Institute (2003) and later Swedish Institute for
Computing Science (2006). During this time his focus was on "pervasive"
games, using mobile technology to create "Prosopopeia" a series of
techno-occult experiences played on the edge of reality. In 2007 he
joined The Company P and together with Adriana Skarped created "The
Truth About Marika" a TV-format mixing online puzzle-solving, character
interaction and real-world events for public broadcaster SVT. The
Company P and Elricsson received an International Emmy (Best
Interactive TV-service) for the game-dimension of "The Truth About
Marika". Since 2007 Elricsson is a recognized figure on the European
cross / trans-media scene and has worked as a game-creator, interactive
scriptwriter, actor and event-producer in numerous commercial media and
games projects. He prefers calling himself a Game Master or GM for
short. In 2011 he left The Company P to found Bardo together with
Adriana Skarped.