Roger Altizer Ph.D. Follow Writer Education University of Utah Expertise Sony PlayStation 3 Video Games Sony PSP Introduction Video game and PlayStation specialist.Writer of feature articles, reviews, and blogs on PlayStation topics.Teacher of video game design and development. Experience Roger Altizer is a former writer for Lifewire, where he wrote extensively on video games in general and PlayStation in particular for seven years. In addition to teaching game design and development, Altizer has made several presentations on gaming at academic conferences and received a grant from Microsoft to pursue the use of XNA in the classroom.Altizer has been around the video game block, having worked as a tester, a journalist, and an educator in the field. He has attended numerous academic and industry events. For years, Altizer was a video game professor at the University of Utah where he both studied and taught video game theory and design. Now he's involved in the medical aspects of using video games as an alternative medicine for pain management. Education Altizer completed his Ph.D. in communication at the University of Utah. Lifewire and Dotdash Meredith Lifewire, a Dotdash Meredith brand, is a Top 10 technology information website, as rated by Comscore, a leading internet measurement company. We provide trusted, clear, and actionable answers to your most pressing technology questions vetted by certified experts, as well as trustworthy product recommendations so you can make the most informed purchasing decisions. Learn more about us and our editorial process.