Bert Snow

Bert Snow is the VP of Design at Muzzy Lane Software, and a designer/creative director with a history of innovation in game design and deep experience with games and learning. Bert leads Muzzy Lane’s design group, and with the Muzzy Lane team has created award-winning games for mobile devices and laptops, including Underground Railroad: Journey to Freedom for National Geographic, Past/Present , a social history game for middle-schoolers), NELL, an early-language learning game prototype, Studentopia, a game about nutrition for young teens, Other projects include the McGraw-Hill Practice series of simulation games, including Practice Spanish (an immersive language-learning game), Practice Marketing, Government in Action, and Practice Operations.

Before joining Muzzy Lane, Bert was a founder and lead designer of Virtual Music, a company that pioneered the music-game genre. There, Bert designed several groundbreaking music-gaming titles including Quest for Fame (starring Aerosmith). Virtual Music was acquired by Namco in 2000.

Bert also has been very involved in the creation of the River Valley Charter School, a public Montessori-based school. He holds a BA with highest honors in Art from Williams College, and speaks frequently on game design and learning.