Brian received his BFA in Computer Animation summa cum laude from the Atlanta College of Art in 2003 and became a character animator on "The Urbz: Sims in the City" at Electronic Arts. He earned a Masters of Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University and presented his thesis "Kotodama: The Power of Words" at the Game Developers Conference in 2005. He completed his Ph.D. in Digital Media and Videogames at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2010.