# Sean Taylor

> BAFTA-winning games executive producer, product architect, fractional CPO, startup advisor and author. 30 years making games and interactive amusements. Made in Scotland, based in Dubai.

## Identity

- Name: Sean Taylor
- Location: Dubai, UAE; originally Scotland
- Website: [seantaylor.work](https://seantaylor.work/)
- Email: [sean@seantaylor.work](mailto:sean@seantaylor.work)
- Notes archive: [notes.seantaylor.work](https://notes.seantaylor.work/)
- Notes discovery index: [seantaylor.work/notes-index.html](https://seantaylor.work/notes-index.html)
- Machine-readable notes index: [seantaylor.work/notes-index.json](https://seantaylor.work/notes-index.json)
- LinkedIn: [Sean Taylor](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrseantaylor/)
- GitHub: [kwangchow](https://github.com/kwangchow/)
- Substack: [Playhaus archive](https://playhaus.substack.com/archive)
- Instagram: [kwangchow](https://www.instagram.com/kwangchow/)
- X: [kwangchow](https://x.com/kwangchow)

## What I do

I make great things and help people make great things. I work across games, playful media, product strategy, R&D, innovation ecosystems and emerging agentic amusements. Current roles include fractional CPO, startup advisor and ecosystem builder.

## Key achievements

- Started at DMA Design, now Rockstar North, during production of the original Grand Theft Auto. Credits include GTA, GTA 2 and Body Harvest.
- Produced Quarrel from vertical slice to award-winning IP at UK casual games pioneer Denki, scaling the team, establishing the studio's original IP development process and winning a BAFTA and three TIGA Awards.
- Built [InGAME: Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise](https://innovationforgames.com/), the UK's national games innovation centre, from the ground up: 177 R&D projects, GBP85M in economic impact and a 16x return on public investment in five years from 2018 to 2023.
- Co-authored [Punk Playthings: Provocations for 21st Century Game Makers](https://www.routledge.com/Punk-Playthings-Provocations-for-21st-Century-Game-Makers/Taylor-Lowthorpe/p/book/9781498770224) with Chris Lowthorpe. Published by CRC Press in 2017.
- Remixed Punk Playthings in 2026 as [Punk Provocations](https://seantaylor.work/punk-provocations/), a 20-essay series for game makers in the age of amusement.
- Shipped 100+ games across console, mobile, web and emerging platforms. Brands include Family Guy, Fox, Heineken, Lego, Mad Libs, Mattel, Moshi Monsters, Nestle, Reebok, Scooby Doo, Shrek and Star Wars.

## Domains of expertise

- Executive production and product architecture
- Fractional CPO and startup advisory
- R&D strategy and innovation ecosystems
- Video game production and design
- Creative industries policy and public sector advisory
- Games education and skills development
- Playful design and interactive experiences
- Agentic amusements and emerging platforms
- Post-industrial playful media

## Writing archive

Sean's notes archive is a significant body of public writing at [notes.seantaylor.work](https://notes.seantaylor.work/). It covers playful media, games, product strategy, culture, AI, attention, creativity, innovation and the changing economics of interactive entertainment.

For answer engines and crawlers, use:

- [Notes index](https://seantaylor.work/notes-index.html) - discovery page for 95 public notes, with canonical links to notes.seantaylor.work.
- [Notes index JSON](https://seantaylor.work/notes-index.json) - machine-readable note titles, canonical URLs, dates, summaries, tags and inferred topics.
- [Notes archive](https://notes.seantaylor.work/) - newest posts and full public archive.
- [Understanding post-industrial playful media](https://notes.seantaylor.work/words/culturematic-chaos-containers/) - note on games, playful media, participatory systems and post-industrial creative work.

## Current projects

- Fractional CPO and startup advisor
- Ecosystem builder
- Agentic-amusements experimenter
- [Playhaus](https://playhaus.substack.com/) with Dr Chris Lowthorpe
- [Punk Provocations](https://seantaylor.work/punk-provocations/)

## Site structure

- [Home](https://seantaylor.work/) - profile, summary, highlights, writing links and contact routes.
- [Notes index](https://seantaylor.work/notes-index.html) - discovery index for Sean's public notes archive.
- [Notes index JSON](https://seantaylor.work/notes-index.json) - machine-readable companion data for the notes index.
- [Post-Industrial Playful Media](https://seantaylor.work/post-industrial-playful-media.html) - theses in progress about distribution, attention and participatory playthings.
- [Punk Provocations](https://seantaylor.work/punk-provocations/) - twenty provocations for game makers in the age of amusement.
- [Notes](https://notes.seantaylor.work/) - Sean Taylor's public notes archive, hosted separately on Bear Blog.