Laboratory LLC is an independent game development company focused on experimenting with action and narrative in a controlled environment. Clayton and Sam co-founded Laboratory based on their experience working together at Parsons and their shared vision for what games can be.
Clayton is a game designer, theorist, and researcher who is much too concerned with the relationship between players, characters, and the worlds they inhabit. After studying film at Emerson, he studied game design at Parsons under Nick Fortugno obtaining a BFA in Design + Technology. He has previously worked for Fortugno's Rebel Monkey. He currently functions as Co-Lead Designer and Lead Developer for Laboratory. He also has a penchant for giant monsters.
Sam Strick is an up and coming game designer with an anticipated BA in Design and Technology from Parsons the New School of Design. He’s been employed by ‘The Man’ on various occasions (MGM, and more recently MTV), and currently works at the 92nd Y’s satellite venue in Tribeca (NYC) as the curator and host of his own lecture series ‘State of Games’. Sam is admittedly obsessed with Japan, and has lived there on two occasions (which he holds very dear), and often speaks of himself in third person. I also draw a lot of babes in my spare time.