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This article is about the developer Matt "Positron" Miller. For the signature character Positron, see Positron.

Overview

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Positron aka Matt Miller was a developer for NCSoft's Paragon Studios. He was working on Game Design, focusing on new systems when the shutdown was announced.

Background

Matt Miller started out in the gaming industry in 1993 at Domark Software (which later became Eidos Interactive) as a game tester and phone support. He worked on many titles at Eidos and left in 1999 when he moved to Southern California to work at Prolific Publishing as a producer. Miller joined Cryptic Studios in 2003 as a mission designer and then a systems designer. When Jack Emmert was promoted to Chief Creative Officer of Cryptic, Miller was promoted to Lead Designer. In January 2010, Miller passed the Lead Designer role to Melissa Bianco so he could do more "hands-on" design work on City of Heroes.

Positron Character

Matt "Positron" Miller, as he appears in The City Scoop

Main Article: Positron

Miller created the Positron character for the Champions Pen & Paper game. When Matt started at Cryptic, he was given an opportunity to place Positron as a signature character into the game.

External Links

Official Forums Profile
Matt Miller's Professional blog aka MMODesigner
Matt Miller's Personal blog aka Deck of Many Things
Matt Miller Column at mmorpg.com
Issue 13 Interview at massively.com
Issue 14 Communication at w00tstudios.net

Trivia

In a topic suggesting Clowns as a new Mastermind power set, Positron immediately rejected the idea. Many players assumed this meant he had a fear of them (coulrophobia).
- In a forum post[1] about this, he corrected this assumption and revealed that he has a fear of spiders (arachnophobia).

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 == Overview ==
-'''Positron''' aka Matt Miller is a developer for Cryptic Studios.  He is currently the lead designer for City of Heroes/Villains.
+[[File:Positron Avatar by Veikira.jpg|right|frame|Positron's Forum Avatar]]
+[[File:Positronxmas.gif|right|frame|Positron's Winter Forum Avatar]]
+'''Positron''' aka Matt Miller was a developer for NCSoft's [[Paragon Studios]].  He was working on Game Design, focusing on new systems when the shutdown was announced.
 == Background ==
-Matt Miller started out in the gaming industry in 1993 at Domark Software (which later became Eidos Interactive) as a game tester and phone support.  He worked on many titles at Eidos and left in 1999 when he moved to Southern California to work at Prolific Publishing as a producer.  Matt joined [[Cryptic Studios]] in 2003 as a mission designer and then a systems designer.  After the release of  City of Villains, Matt was promoted to Lead Designer.
+Matt Miller started out in the gaming industry in 1993 at Domark Software (which later became Eidos Interactive) as a game tester and phone support. He worked on many titles at Eidos and left in 1999 when he moved to Southern California to work at Prolific Publishing as a producer. Miller joined [[Cryptic Studios]] in 2003 as a mission designer and then a systems designer. When [[Statesman (Developer)|Jack Emmert]] was promoted to Chief Creative Officer of Cryptic, Miller was promoted to Lead Designer. In January 2010, Miller passed the Lead Designer role to [[War Witch (Developer)|Melissa Bianco]] so he could do more "hands-on" design work on City of Heroes.
 == Positron Character ==
-Matt created the Positron character for the Champions Pen & Paper game.  When Matt started at Cryptic, he was given an opportunity to place Positron as a signature character into the game.
+[[File:Matt_Miller.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt "Positron" Miller, as he appears in [[The City Scoop]]]]
+:''Main Article'': [[Positron]]
+Miller created the Positron character for the Champions Pen & Paper game.  When Matt started at Cryptic, he was given an opportunity to place Positron as a signature character into the game.
 == External Links ==
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120911152208/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/member.php?u=320280 Official Forums Profile]
+* [http://www.mmodesigner.com/ Matt Miller's Professional blog] aka MMODesigner
+* [http://www.deckofmanythings.com/ Matt Miller's Personal blog] aka ''Deck of Many Things''
+* [http://www.mmorpg.com/features.cfm/view/columns/show/45_Matt-Miller Matt Miller Column] at mmorpg.com
+* [http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/09/25/brian-clayton-and-matt-miller-on-power-and-responsibility-in-cit/ Issue 13 Interview] at massively.com
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080911234828/http://www.w00tstudios.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=272&Itemid=67 Issue 14 Communication] at w00tstudios.net <!-- Please note that the article says Issue 13: Architect, which is a typo or brainfart. -Agge -->
-* [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showprofile.php?Cat=&User=495 Positron's Profile on the official forums]
+== Trivia ==
+* In a topic suggesting Clowns as a new Mastermind power set, Positron immediately rejected the idea. Many players assumed this meant he had a fear of them ([[wikipedia:coulrophobia|coulrophobia]]).
-==Trivia==
+** In a forum post[http://web.archive.org/web/20090710051932/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Number=13388458] about this, he corrected this assumption and revealed that he has a fear of spiders ([[wikipedia:arachnophobia|arachnophobia]]).
-* Positron has a fear of clowns. (In a topic suggesting Clowns as a new Mastermind powerset, Positron immediately rejected the idea. It was later learned that he has a fear of clowns.)
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