Hello, I'm Sean Taylor

I've spent 30 years making games and playful things — I started on Grand Theft Auto, won a BAFTA along the way and wrote a book telling game makers to be more punk.

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I'm a fractional CPO, startup advisor and agentic-amusements experimenter.

I also publish notes on playful media, games, product strategy, AI, culture, attention and innovation at notes.seantaylor.work.

If you're building something playful and want a product brain on it, email me.

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In the past, I've:

Dropped out of college to join DMA Design during the making of the original Grand Theft Auto (credits: GTA, GTA 2, Body Harvest).
Produced Quarrel at Denki — it won a BAFTA and three TIGA Awards.
Built InGAME, the UK's national games innovation centre, from scratch — 177 R&D projects, £85M of impact, 16× return on public money.
Wrote Punk Playthings: Provocations for 21st Century Game Makers in 2017; remixed it as Punk Provocations in 2026.
Shipped 100+ games and interactive experiences for everyone from DreamWorks, Lego and Star Wars to Fox, Heineken and Reebok.

Amusements in the age of attention. That's where my head is — more soon.

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